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Tissue Typing for Transplant Matching

Colorado rates for HCPCS 81372

A laboratory test that identifies the HLA markers carried on a person's cells, using a blood sample. These markers differ greatly between people, and how closely they match between a donor and a recipient is a main factor in how well transplanted tissue is tolerated.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Tissue Typing for Transplant Matching cost?

$537

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $537 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $240 from a physician practice, and about $1,175 from a hospital or other facility.

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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$240$170 to $525
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,175$759 to $1,413

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,175 · 10th to 90th $309 to $1,862Professionalmedian $240 · 10th to 90th $170 to $832
$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $1,175professional $240

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,862.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$478.63
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,862.09
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$891.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$1,288.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$588.84
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$436.52
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$933.25
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$851.14
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$602.56
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$489.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$302.00
2 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$239.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$95.50

Where Colorado sits

The same service costs 5.2 times more in Alaska than in Alabama. 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.

Colorado· 8th of 51

$537

AK $912AL $174

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.