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Tissue Typing For Transplant Matching

Rhode Island 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?

$245

Typical negotiated rate. In Rhode Island, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $245 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $245 from a physician practice, and about $513 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 4 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$245$229 to $302
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$513$468 to $724

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $513 · 10th to 90th $331 to $2,344Professionalmedian $245 · 10th to 90th $229 to $407
$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $513professional $245

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. 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
$724.44
Typical High
$2,344.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$363.08
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$512.86
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$478.63
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,122.02
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$549.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$489.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$478.63

Where Rhode Island 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.

Rhode Island· 51st of 51

$245

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.