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Sex Chromatin Study For Barr Bodies

Minnesota 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?

$20.42

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $20.42 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $20.42 from a physician practice, and about $17.78 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$20.42$16.98 to $26.30
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$17.78$16.98 to $57.54

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $18 · 10th to 90th $17 to $132Professionalmedian $20 · 10th to 90th $14 to $48
$10$20$50$100$200facility $18professional $20

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
$16.98
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$16.98
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$8.51
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$3.39
Median
$3.39
Typical High
$3.39
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$16.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$8.51
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$3.39
Median
$3.39
Typical High
$3.39
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$218.78
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$17.78
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$165.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$34.67
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$131.83
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$31.62
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$42.66
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$134.90
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$21.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$52.48

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 33rd of 51

$20.42

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.