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Basic Tissue Typing, Immune Cell Markers

South 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?

$219

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $219 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $219 from a physician practice, and about $457 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$219$174 to $234
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$457$263 to $1,230

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $457 · 10th to 90th $174 to $1,349Professionalmedian $219 · 10th to 90th $132 to $302
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $457professional $219

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
$173.78
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$173.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$177.83
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,348.96
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$346.74
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,348.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$234.42
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$630.96
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$309.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$263.03
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$263.03
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
$85.11
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$89.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$35.48
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$204.17

Where South 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.

South Carolina· 24th of 51

$219

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.