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Tumor Cell Drug Response Test, First Drug

North Dakota rates for HCPCS 81535

A laboratory test that keeps living cancer cells taken from a gynecologic tumor alive in culture and exposes them to a cancer drug to see how strongly the cells react. The reaction is reported as a score that helps the oncologist judge which drug is more likely to work against that particular tumor. This covers the first drug or drug combination tested.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Tumor Cell Drug Response Test, First Drug cost?

$891

Typical negotiated rate. In North Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $891 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $550 to $1,175.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $407 · 10th to 90th $407 to $1,047Professionalmedian $977 · 10th to 90th $407 to $1,318
$500$1K$2Kfacility $407professional $977

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. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$1,047.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$1,737.80
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,318.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$851.14
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$2,754.23
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$977.24
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$831.76

Where North Dakota sits

The same service costs 2.2 times more in North Dakota than in Connecticut. 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 Dakota· 1st of 51

$891

ND $891CT $407

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.