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Basic Tissue Typing, Immune Cell Markers

Louisiana rates for HCPCS 81375

A blood test that identifies a person's tissue type — the inherited identity tags the immune system uses to tell its own tissue from foreign tissue. This version covers the group of tags carried mainly on immune cells, read at a broad level that sorts each into its general family rather than pinpointing the exact version. It is used mainly when matching donors and recipients before a transplant.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Basic Tissue Typing, Immune Cell Markers cost?

$282

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $282 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $263 from a physician practice, and about $302 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$263$234 to $316
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$302$269 to $575

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $302 · 10th to 90th $229 to $813Professionalmedian $263 · 10th to 90th $132 to $794
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $302professional $263

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
$234.42
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$812.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$1,445.44
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$851.14
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$331.13
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$218.78
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,348.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$478.63
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$269.15
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$398.11

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 3.0 times more in Alaska than in Washington, DC. 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.

Louisiana· 7th of 51

$282

AK $501DC $166

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.