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Sex Chromatin Study For Barr Bodies

Louisiana rates for HCPCS 88130

A microscope examination of cells that looks for a small dense body pressed against the edge of the nucleus, which appears when one X chromosome has been switched off. Whether it is present, and how often, gives information about a person's chromosomal sex. Direct chromosome and genetic testing have largely taken its place.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Sex Chromatin Study For Barr Bodies cost?

$26.92

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $26.92 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $22.39 from a physician practice, and about $34.67 from a hospital or other facility.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$22.39$17.78 to $25.70
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$34.67$22.91 to $52.48

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $35 · 10th to 90th $19 to $72Professionalmedian $22 · 10th to 90th $11 to $32
$10$20$50$100facility $35professional $22

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$91.20
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$45.71
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$3.80
Median
$4.90
Typical High
$18.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$23.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$11.75
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$3.80
Median
$3.80
Typical High
$4.68
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$67.61
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$28.18
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$91.20
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$38.90
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$17.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$32.36

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 10.2 times more in Texas than in New Jersey. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Louisiana· 19th of 51

$26.92

TX $135NJ $13.18

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.