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Low Detail Tissue Type Test, One Marker Location

North Carolina rates for HCPCS 81373

A genetic test that reads a patient's tissue type at one marker location. The result is reported at a coarse, low level of detail. It covers class I tissue markers, one location per test.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Low Detail Tissue Type Test, One Marker Location cost?

$102

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $102 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $102 from a physician practice, and about $251 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$102$85.11 to $151
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$251$102 to $479

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $251 · 10th to 90th $102 to $575Professionalmedian $102 · 10th to 90th $59 to $204
$100$200$500facility $251professional $102

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). 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
None
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$251.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$128.82
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$478.63
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$204.17
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$575.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$169.82
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$151.36
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$251.19
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$158.49
3 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
$50.12
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$75.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$30.90
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$173.78

Where North Carolina sits

The same service costs 4.6 times more in Alaska than in Alabama. 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.

North Carolina· 42nd of 51

$102

AK $288AL $63.10

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.