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Tissue Typing For Transplant Matching

New Jersey 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?

$331

Typical negotiated rate. In New Jersey, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $331 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $282 from a physician practice, and about $1,288 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$282$214 to $339
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,288$513 to $2,455

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,288 · 10th to 90th $372 to $7,586Professionalmedian $282 · 10th to 90th $178 to $468
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $1,288professional $282

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
$512.86
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$2,884.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$467.74
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,862.09
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$602.56
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$660.69
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$10,471.29
Typical High
$23,988.33
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$407.38
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$831.76
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$407.38

Where New Jersey 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.

New Jersey· 40th of 51

$331

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.