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Sex Chromatin Study For Barr Bodies

Virginia 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 Virginia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $17.78 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $13.49 from a physician practice, and about $26.92 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$13.49$8.91 to $17.78
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$26.92$17.78 to $45.71

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $27 · 10th to 90th $18 to $87Professionalmedian $13 · 10th to 90th $9 to $29
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $27professional $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
$13.49
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$46.77
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$16.98
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$89.13
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$14.79
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$16.98
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$60.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$31.62
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$25.12
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$35.48
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$28.18
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$10,232.93
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$21.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$38.02
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
$6.76
Typical High
$8.51
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.69
Median
$2.69
Typical High
$3.39

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 41st 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.