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Tissue Typing For Transplant Matching

Michigan 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?

$380

Typical negotiated rate. In Michigan, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $380 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $331 from a physician practice, and about $380 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 6 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$331$302 to $380
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$380$380 to $479

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $380 · 10th to 90th $372 to $708Professionalmedian $331 · 10th to 90th $178 to $468
$200$500$1Kfacility $380professional $331

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
$380.19
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$707.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$478.63
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$812.83
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$302.00
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$562.34
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$776.25
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$489.78
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$912.01
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$489.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$331.13

Where Michigan 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.

Michigan· 27th of 51

$380

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.