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Sex Chromatin Study For Barr Bodies

Massachusetts 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?

$30.90

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $30.90 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $31.62 from a physician practice, and about $30.20 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$31.62$17.78 to $61.66
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$30.20$19.95 to $52.48

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $30 · 10th to 90th $16 to $65Professionalmedian $32 · 10th to 90th $11 to $135
$10$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $30professional $32

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
$14.45
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$67.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$67.61
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$56.23
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$134.90
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$70.79
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$19.05
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$57.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$70.79
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$5,888.44
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$30.20
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$46.77
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$56.23
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$134.90
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$21.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$44.67
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$32.36
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$19.05
3 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$33.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.88
Median
$2.88
Typical High
$13.49
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
QW · Waived lab test
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$28.18

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 9th of 51

$30.90

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.