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Tissue Typing For Transplant Matching

Massachusetts 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 Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $407 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $407 from a physician practice, and about $794 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 8 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$407$302 to $407
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$794$550 to $1,148

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $794 · 10th to 90th $302 to $1,259Professionalmedian $407 · 10th to 90th $229 to $977
$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $794professional $407

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
$229.09
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,258.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$1,202.26
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$1,258.93
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$1,348.96
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,148.15
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$380.19
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$794.33
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$1,047.13
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$9,772.37
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$691.83
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$741.31
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$1,258.93
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$1,348.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$467.74
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$912.01

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 20th 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.