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Tissue Typing For Transplant Matching

Maryland 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 Maryland, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $302 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $245 to $347.

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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $407 · 10th to 90th $170 to $468Professionalmedian $302 · 10th to 90th $182 to $457
$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $407professional $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
$398.11
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$467.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$446.68
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$363.08
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$707.95
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$602.56
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$309.03
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$331.13
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$323.59

Where Maryland 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.

Maryland· 48th 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.