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Tissue Marker Measurement, Manual Method

North Dakota 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?

$229

Typical negotiated rate. In North Dakota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $229 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $81.28 to $288.

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 $81 · 10th to 90th $81 to $191Professionalmedian $257 · 10th to 90th $174 to $339
$100$200$500facility $81professional $257

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
$81.28
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$120.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$213.80
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$346.74
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$85.11
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$257.04
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$218.78
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$245.47
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$724.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$257.04
2 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
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
22 · Increased work
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$416.87
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$69.18

Where North Dakota 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 Dakota· 3rd of 51

$229

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.