88189 — Flow cytometry technique for dna or cell analysis, 16 or more markers

What the market charges

Across 7,149 negotiated rates, the middle 80% fall between $44 and $198, with a median of $86.

What Medicare pays

Medicare allowed an average of $82 for this code, across 259,901 services billed by 1,789 providers. At the median, the market charges about what Medicare pays for this code.

Where this is billed, and what it costs there

The states billing 88189 most, by Medicare service volume, each compared against the national average of $82. Each links to the providers Mishe lists there.

  • California — 152 providers billed it, Medicare allowed $86 — 5% above the national average
  • Texas — 156 providers billed it, Medicare allowed $80 — 2% below the national average
  • Florida — 136 providers billed it, Medicare allowed $81 — 1% below the national average
  • New York — 128 providers billed it, Medicare allowed $88 — 7% above the national average
  • New Jersey — 51 providers billed it, Medicare allowed $86 — 5% above the national average
  • Tennessee — 51 providers billed it, Medicare allowed $76 — 7% below the national average
  • Arizona — 48 providers billed it, Medicare allowed $79 — 4% below the national average
  • Connecticut — 22 providers billed it, Medicare allowed $84 — 2% above the national average

Claim-editing rules

These are National Correct Coding Initiative procedure-to-procedure edits — the rules a payer applies when deciding whether two codes billed together are both payable.

Codes this one absorbs

Billed together, 88189 is the payable code and these are not separately payable. 18 pairs in total.

  • 86355 — a modifier may allow both to be paid
  • 86356 — a modifier may allow both to be paid
  • 86357 — a modifier may allow both to be paid
  • 86359 — a modifier may allow both to be paid
  • 86360 — a modifier may allow both to be paid
  • 86361 — a modifier may allow both to be paid
  • 86367 — a modifier may allow both to be paid
  • 88108 — a modifier may allow both to be paid
  • 88112 — a modifier may allow both to be paid
  • 88160 — a modifier may allow both to be paid
  • 88161 — a modifier may allow both to be paid
  • 88162 — a modifier may allow both to be paid

Codes that absorb this one

Billed alongside any of these, 88189 is not separately payable. 38 pairs in total.

  • 38207 — a modifier may allow both to be paid
  • 38208 — a modifier may allow both to be paid
  • 38209 — a modifier may allow both to be paid
  • 38210 — a modifier may allow both to be paid
  • 38211 — a modifier may allow both to be paid
  • 38212 — a modifier may allow both to be paid
  • 38213 — a modifier may allow both to be paid
  • 38214 — a modifier may allow both to be paid
  • 38215 — a modifier may allow both to be paid
  • 38226 — a modifier may allow both to be paid
  • 81560 — no modifier can override this edit
  • 86053 — a modifier may allow both to be paid

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Every figure on this page came from published payer and Medicare data, assembled by Mishe. The same pricing, claim-editing and care-pathway intelligence runs underneath the plans Mishe operates.

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