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Tissue Typing For Transplant Matching

Tennessee 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 Tennessee, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $331 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $316 from a physician practice, and about $1,000 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$302 to $363
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,000$380 to $1,445

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,000 · 10th to 90th $302 to $1,738Professionalmedian $316 · 10th to 90th $204 to $490
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $1,000professional $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
$323.59
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,659.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$467.74
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$407.38
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,348.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$549.54
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$1,905.46
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$3,019.95
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$407.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$407.38

Where Tennessee 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.

Tennessee· 39th 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.