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Tissue Typing For Transplant Matching

South Carolina 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?

$324

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $324 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $316 from a physician practice, and about $490 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$316$316 to $331
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$490$363 to $1,000

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $490 · 10th to 90th $316 to $1,738Professionalmedian $316 · 10th to 90th $245 to $427
$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $490professional $316

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
$281.84
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,737.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$363.08
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$2,691.53
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$588.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$2,290.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$426.58
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$588.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$489.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$407.38

Where South Carolina 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.

South Carolina· 42nd of 51

$324

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.