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Tissue Typing For Transplant Matching

Alaska rates for HCPCS 81371

A blood test that identifies the tissue markers on a person's white blood cells, used to judge how well a donor and a recipient match before a transplant. It reads a limited set of these markers rather than the full detailed panel. Results are used for organ and bone marrow matching and for checking a previously reported result.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Tissue Typing For Transplant Matching cost?

$912

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $912 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $912 from a physician practice, and about $1,413 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$912$407 to $1,288
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,413$407 to $1,820

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,413 · 10th to 90th $407 to $2,884Professionalmedian $912 · 10th to 90th $229 to $1,349
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,413professional $912

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
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$4,786.30
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,122.02
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$1,348.96
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$1,288.25
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$1,621.81
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$912.01
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,949.84
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$363.08
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$1,230.27

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 3.7 times more in Alaska than in Rhode Island. 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.

Alaska· 1st of 51

$912

AK $912RI $245

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.