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Sex Chromatin Study On A Blood Smear

Rhode Island 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?

$7.59

Typical negotiated rate. In Rhode Island, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7.59 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $7.59 from a physician practice, and about $16.60 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 4 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$7.59$5.75 to $7.94
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$16.60$16.60 to $22.39

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $17 · 10th to 90th $8 to $35Professionalmedian $8 · 10th to 90th $6 to $11
$5$10$20facility $17professional $8

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
$9.12
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$35.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$7.59
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$6.76
Typical High
$7.59
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$14.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$19.05
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$17.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.63
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$11.22

Where Rhode Island 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.

Rhode Island· 24th of 51

$7.59

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.