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Tissue Typing For Transplant Matching

Washington, DC 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?

$302

Typical negotiated rate. In Washington, DC, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $302 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $302 from a physician practice, and about $741 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$302$302 to $316
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$741$302 to $912

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $741 · 10th to 90th $302 to $5,495Professionalmedian $302 · 10th to 90th $288 to $513
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $741professional $302

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
$302.00
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$5,495.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$316.23
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$2,344.23
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,548.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$1,819.70
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$831.76
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$489.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$380.19

Where Washington, DC 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.

Washington, DC· 47th of 51

$302

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.