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Basic Tissue Typing, Immune Cell Markers

Tennessee 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?

$186

Typical negotiated rate. In Tennessee, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $186 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $174 from a physician practice, and about $355 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$174$166 to $240
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$355$209 to $813

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $355 · 10th to 90th $166 to $955Professionalmedian $174 · 10th to 90th $148 to $302
$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $355professional $174

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
$165.96
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$954.99
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$251.19
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$302.00
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$912.01
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$302.00
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,047.13
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$1,659.59
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$251.19
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$302.00

Where Tennessee 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.

Tennessee· 40th of 51

$186

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.