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Tissue Typing For Transplant Matching

Alabama 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?

$316

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $316 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $316 from a physician practice, and about $331 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 4 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$316$245 to $468
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$331$195 to $468

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $331 · 10th to 90th $166 to $603Professionalmedian $316 · 10th to 90th $200 to $468
$200$500facility $331professional $316

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. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$616.60
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$467.74
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$263.03
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$316.23
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$1,288.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$1,380.38
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$407.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$331.13

Where Alabama 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.

Alabama· 46th of 51

$316

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.