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Tissue Typing For Transplant Matching

Missouri 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?

$389

Typical negotiated rate. In Missouri, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $389 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $347 from a physician practice, and about $525 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$347$195 to $468
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$525$407 to $708

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $525 · 10th to 90th $363 to $933Professionalmedian $347 · 10th to 90th $162 to $724
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $525professional $347

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
$389.05
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$933.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$812.83
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$1,412.54
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$691.83
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$851.14
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$562.34
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,380.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$575.44
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$1,905.46
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$2,041.74
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$489.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$549.54

Where Missouri 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.

Missouri· 25th of 51

$389

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.