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Sex Chromatin Study For Barr Bodies

Missouri 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?

$29.51

Typical negotiated rate. In Missouri, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $29.51 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $28.18 from a physician practice, and about $31.62 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$28.18$16.98 to $135
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$31.62$22.91 to $46.77

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $32 · 10th to 90th $18 to $87Professionalmedian $28 · 10th to 90th $10 to $135
$10$20$50$100facility $32professional $28

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
$15.14
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$33.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$20.89
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$83.18
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$87.10
BCBS Kansas City
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$56.23
BCBS Kansas City
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$35.48
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$87.10
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$50.12
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$100.00
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$134.90
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$16.22
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$45.71
2 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
$7.59
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$10.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$3.09
Median
$3.09
Typical High
$4.17

Where Missouri 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.

Missouri· 15th of 51

$29.51

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.