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Tissue Typing For Transplant Matching

Colorado 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?

$479

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $479 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $309 from a physician practice, and about $1,096 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 7 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$309$200 to $331
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,096$537 to $1,660

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,096 · 10th to 90th $309 to $1,905Professionalmedian $309 · 10th to 90th $170 to $437
$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $1,096professional $309

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
$257.04
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,862.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$436.52
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$2,041.74
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$407.38
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$1,071.52
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$588.84
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$616.60
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$1,584.89
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$851.14
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$602.56
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$602.56
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$245.47

Where Colorado 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.

Colorado· 11th of 51

$479

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.