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Transplant Rejection Immune Cell Risk Score

Maryland rates for HCPCS 0018M

Estimates the risk that a transplanted organ will be rejected by examining the patient's own immune cells. It counts memory T cells carrying the CD154 marker in a blood sample and reports a single combined risk score, rather than measuring genetic material from the transplant.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Transplant Rejection Immune Cell Risk Score cost?

$479

Typical negotiated rate. In Maryland, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $479 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $427 to $479.

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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $269 · 10th to 90th $269 to $646Professionalmedian $479 · 10th to 90th $288 to $562
$500$1Kfacility $269professional $479

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$562.34
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$588.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$831.76
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$954.99
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$645.65
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$645.65
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$3,162.28

Where Maryland sits

The same service costs 2.3 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.

Maryland· 45th of 51

$479

ND $977CT $417

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.