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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 July 2026.

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

$178

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $178 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $178 from a physician practice, and about $417 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$178$174 to $191
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$417$191 to $708

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $417 · 10th to 90th $174 to $1,047Professionalmedian $178 · 10th to 90th $151 to $240
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $417professional $178

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
$173.78
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$1,047.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$199.53
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$1,621.81
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$416.87
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,258.93
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$234.42
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$446.68
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$263.03
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$302.00

Where South Carolina 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.

South Carolina· 50th of 51

$178

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.