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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 October 2026.

How much does Tissue Typing For Transplant Matching cost?

$331

Typical negotiated rate. In Connecticut, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $331 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $219 to $501.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $447 · 10th to 90th $245 to $1,000Professionalmedian $245 · 10th to 90th $182 to $589
$200$500$1Kfacility $447professional $245

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
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$229.09
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$1,000.00
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$524.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$1,479.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$912.01
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$660.69
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$512.86
2 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
$89.13
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$114.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$45.71

Where Connecticut sits

The same service costs 7.4 times more in Texas 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.

Connecticut· 33rd of 51

$331

TX $1,288AL $174

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.