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Tissue Type Test for Transplant Matching

Louisiana rates for HCPCS 81376

A blood test that identifies the tissue-type markers on a person's cells, the labels the immune system uses to tell its own tissue from foreign tissue. It covers one of the marker families examined and reports the broad type rather than the exact variant, and is used when matching donors and recipients for transplants.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Tissue Type Test for Transplant Matching cost?

$182

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $182 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $129 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$129$70.79 to $145
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$331$204 to $331

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $331 · 10th to 90th $135 to $468Professionalmedian $129 · 10th to 90th $51 to $200
$10$20$50$100$200$500facility $331professional $129

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
$128.82
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$630.96
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$316.23
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$125.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$158.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$79.43
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$31.62
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$478.63
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$134.90
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$331.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$741.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$316.23
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$123.03
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$218.78

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 4.9 times more in Texas than in Alabama. 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.

Louisiana· 4th of 51

$182

TX $309AL $63.10

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.