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Platelet Antigen Genetic Typing

Iowa 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?

$135

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $135 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $123 from a physician practice, and about $158 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$123$81.28 to $251
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$158$148 to $257

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $158 · 10th to 90th $123 to $324Professionalmedian $123 · 10th to 90th $74 to $490
$100$200$500facility $158professional $123

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
$95.50
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$346.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$147.91
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$295.12
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$218.78
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$316.23
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$616.60
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$162.18
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$263.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$316.23
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$295.12
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$123.03
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
$47.86
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$74.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$29.51

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 19th of 51

$135

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.