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Basic Tissue Typing, Immune Cell Markers

Virginia 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?

$200

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $200 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $166 from a physician practice, and about $331 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$166$132 to $219
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$331$219 to $550

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $331 · 10th to 90th $219 to $1,148Professionalmedian $166 · 10th to 90th $110 to $372
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $331professional $166

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

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$575.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$208.93
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$1,071.52
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$181.97
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$208.93
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$776.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$436.52
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$309.03
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$436.52
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$302.00
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$10,232.93
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$7,413.10
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$263.03
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$346.74
2 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
$83.18
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$104.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$41.69

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 35th of 51

$200

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.