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Tissue Typing For Transplant Matching

Connecticut 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?

$407

Typical negotiated rate. In Connecticut, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $407 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $269 from a physician practice, and about $631 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 5 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$269$219 to $501
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$631$407 to $813

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $631 · 10th to 90th $380 to $1,122Professionalmedian $269 · 10th to 90th $178 to $724
$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $631professional $269

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
$575.44
Typical High
$1,122.02
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$724.44
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,096.48
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$741.31
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,479.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$831.76
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$660.69
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$407.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$660.69

Where Connecticut 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.

Connecticut· 17th of 51

$407

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.