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Tissue Typing For Transplant Matching

Virginia 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?

$363

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $363 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $302 from a physician practice, and about $427 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 8 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$302$182 to $347
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$427$407 to $955

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $427 · 10th to 90th $347 to $1,820Professionalmedian $302 · 10th to 90th $162 to $776
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $427professional $302

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
$346.74
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,513.56
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$1,000.00
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$1,621.81
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$269.15
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,479.11
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,819.70
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$616.60
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$562.34
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$691.83
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$851.14
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$10,000.00
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$10,000.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$489.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$398.11

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 32nd of 51

$363

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.