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Platelet Antigen Genetic Typing

Massachusetts 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?

$148

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $148 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $123 from a physician practice, and about $178 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$123$91.20 to $309
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$178$132 to $339

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $178 · 10th to 90th $112 to $437Professionalmedian $123 · 10th to 90th $74 to $617
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $178professional $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
$104.71
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$467.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$104.71
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$371.54
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$616.60
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$537.03
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$141.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$257.04
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$478.63
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$5,888.44
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$204.17
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$389.05
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$371.54
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$616.60
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$147.91
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$234.42
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$223.87
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$134.90
3 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
$52.48
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$52.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$20.89
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
QW · Waived lab test
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$190.55

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 14th of 51

$148

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.