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Finding Sperm in a Testicular Tissue Sample

North Dakota rates for HCPCS 89264

A laboratory works through a small piece of tissue taken from the testicle, teasing it apart and searching under the microscope for sperm inside it. Sperm that are found are identified and prepared for use in fertility treatment. The tissue may be freshly obtained or previously frozen.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Finding Sperm in a Testicular Tissue Sample cost?

$53.70

Typical negotiated rate. In North Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $53.70 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $53.70 from a physician practice, and about $347 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 5 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$53.70$45.71 to $302
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$347$302 to $347

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $347 · 10th to 90th $302 to $692Professionalmedian $54 · 10th to 90th $41 to $347
$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $347professional $54

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
$302.00
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$691.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$346.74
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$54.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$138.04
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$1,023.29
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$467.74

Where North Dakota sits

The same service costs 9.3 times more in Vermont than in North Dakota. 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· 51st of 51

$53.70

VT $501ND $53.70

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.