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Sex Chromatin Study On A Blood Smear

Massachusetts rates for HCPCS 88140

A microscope examination of a stained blood smear that looks for tiny drumstick-shaped tags on the nuclei of certain white blood cells. These tags are a sign of an inactive X chromosome, so their presence gives information about a person's chromosomal sex. Direct chromosome and genetic testing have largely taken its place.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Sex Chromatin Study On A Blood Smear cost?

$11.22

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $11.22 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $11.22 from a physician practice, and about $19.50 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$11.22$7.94 to $17.38
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$19.50$19.50 to $23.44

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $19 · 10th to 90th $12 to $100Professionalmedian $11 · 10th to 90th $6 to $28
$5$10$20$50$100facility $19professional $11

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$23.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$35.48
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$107.15
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$19.50
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$7.59
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$15.85
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$20.89
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$13.80
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$13.80
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$19.05
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$107.15
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$15.14
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$19.95

Where Massachusetts sits

The same service costs 2.9 times more in Wyoming than in Nebraska. 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.

Massachusetts· 8th of 51

$11.22

WY $15.14NE $5.25

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.