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Tissue Typing For Transplant Matching

Kentucky 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 Kentucky, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $316 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $245 from a physician practice, and about $407 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$245$219 to $331
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$407$331 to $589

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $407 · 10th to 90th $331 to $977Professionalmedian $245 · 10th to 90th $195 to $447
$200$500$1Kfacility $407professional $245

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
$331.13
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$977.24
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$489.78
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$426.58
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$218.78
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$776.25
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$660.69
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$851.14
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$1,949.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$407.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$407.38

Where Kentucky 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.

Kentucky· 45th 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.