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Sex Chromatin Study For Barr Bodies

New York 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?

$17.78

Typical negotiated rate. In New York, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $17.78 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $16.98 from a physician practice, and about $30.90 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$16.98$10.72 to $25.70
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$30.90$17.78 to $46.77

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $31 · 10th to 90th $10 to $68Professionalmedian $17 · 10th to 90th $9 to $40
$10$20$50$100$200facility $31professional $17

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
$11.22
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$54.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$15.14
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$46.77
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$47.86
CDPHP
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$17.78
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$162.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$51.29
Emblem Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$40.74
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$23.44
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$20.89
MVP Health Care
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$257.04
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$39.81
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$22.39
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$27.54
Univera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$58.88
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$20.89
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
$5.62
Median
$5.62
Typical High
$7.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.24
Median
$2.24
Typical High
$3.09

Where New York 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 York· 38th of 51

$17.78

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.