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Tissue Typing For Transplant Matching

Utah 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 Utah, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $324 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $295 from a physician practice, and about $468 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$295$295 to $355
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$468$295 to $813

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $468 · 10th to 90th $295 to $813Professionalmedian $295 · 10th to 90th $178 to $447
$200$500$1Kfacility $468professional $295

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
$295.12
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$812.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$295.12
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$1,122.02
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$851.14
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$1,621.81
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$371.54
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$281.84
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$602.56
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$331.13

Where Utah 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.

Utah· 41st 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.