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Platelet Antigen Genetic Typing

Colorado rates for HCPCS 81109

A genetic test on a blood sample that identifies which inherited version of a particular platelet surface marker a person carries. Platelets carry inherited markers that another person's immune system can react against, which matters during pregnancy, after a transfusion, and when a low platelet count may be immune-related. Each marker is typed and reported on its own.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Platelet Antigen Genetic Typing cost?

$162

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $162 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $74.13 from a physician practice, and about $355 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$74.13$51.29 to $158
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$355$229 to $427

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $355 · 10th to 90th $93 to $562Professionalmedian $74 · 10th to 90th $51 to $251
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $355professional $74

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
$123.03
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$562.34
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$134.90
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$562.34
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$269.15
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$389.05
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$177.83
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$190.55
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$257.04
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$257.04
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$181.97
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$147.91
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$91.20
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
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$67.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$26.92

Where Colorado sits

The same service costs 4.4 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.

Colorado· 9th of 51

$162

AK $275AL $63.10

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.