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Tissue Marker Measurement, Manual Method

Louisiana rates for HCPCS 88369

This laboratory service is an additional measurement performed on a tissue sample already being analyzed under a microscope, with a pathologist visually counting and scoring the result rather than using computer-assisted image analysis, to quantify how much of a specific marker is present. It's used to help characterize a tumor in more detail and can guide decisions about treatment. It's billed in addition to the main tissue analysis rather than as a stand-alone test.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Tissue Marker Measurement, Manual Method cost?

$97.72

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $97.72 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $117 from a physician practice, and about $87.10 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$117$61.66 to $145
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$87.10$0.03 to $117

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $87 · 10th to 90th $0 to $174Professionalmedian $117 · 10th to 90th $58 to $170
$0.1$1$10$100facility $87professional $117

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
$117.49
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$128.82
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$371.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$138.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$42.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$95.50
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.02
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$125.89
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$151.36
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$39.81
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$112.20
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$123.03
Christus
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$31.62
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$338.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$190.55
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$51.29
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$138.04
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$162.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$52.48
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$114.82
4 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$186.21
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$74.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$69.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$27.54

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 39th of 51

$97.72

AK $269AL $58.88

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.