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Basic Tissue Typing, Immune Cell Markers

North Carolina 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 October 2026.

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

$269

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $269 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $269 from a physician practice, and about $468 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$269$200 to $302
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$468$178 to $776

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $468 · 10th to 90th $178 to $1,000Professionalmedian $269 · 10th to 90th $110 to $389
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $468professional $269

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

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$501.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$263.03
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$707.95
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$389.05
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$1,000.00
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$331.13
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$263.03
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$436.52
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$302.00
3 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
$89.13
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$131.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$52.48
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$302.00

Where North Carolina sits

The same service costs 3.1 times more in Alaska than in New Jersey. 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.

North Carolina· 12th of 51

$269

AK $501NJ $162

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.