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Sex Chromatin Study For Barr Bodies

New Jersey 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?

$13.18

Typical negotiated rate. In New Jersey, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $13.18 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $12.59 from a physician practice, and about $4,365 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$12.59$11.75 to $18.62
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,365$39.81 to $16,218

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,365 · 10th to 90th $21 to $21,878Professionalmedian $13 · 10th to 90th $10 to $23
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $4,365professional $13

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
$11.75
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$28.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$15.85
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$7.94
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.24
Median
$2.34
Typical High
$3.16
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$87.10
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$42.66
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$23.44
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$14,791.08
Typical High
$26,915.35
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$12.59
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$16.22
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$23.99

Where New Jersey 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.

New Jersey· 51st of 51

$13.18

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.