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Sex Chromatin Study For Barr Bodies

Tennessee 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 Tennessee, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $30.90 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $23.99 from a physician practice, and about $37.15 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$23.99$12.30 to $135
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$37.15$19.95 to $39.81

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $37 · 10th to 90th $13 to $63Professionalmedian $24 · 10th to 90th $9 to $135
$10$20$50$100facility $37professional $24

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
$13.49
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$27.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$15.85
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$21.38
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$64.57
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$34.67
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$134.90
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$52.48
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$37.15
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
$6.76
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$7.94
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.69
Median
$2.82
Typical High
$3.24

Where Tennessee 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.

Tennessee· 10th 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.