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Tissue Type Test for Transplant Matching

Pennsylvania 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 July 2026.

How much does Tissue Type Test for Transplant Matching cost?

$148

Typical negotiated rate. In Pennsylvania, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $148 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $100 from a physician practice, and about $282 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 11 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$100$95.50 to $115
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$282$182 to $331

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $282 · 10th to 90th $105 to $589Professionalmedian $100 · 10th to 90th $91 to $309
$100.0$1.0K$10.0Kfacility $282professional $100

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
$104.71
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$537.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$436.52
AmeriHealth
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$2,344.23
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$8,511.38
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$95.50
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$416.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$275.42
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$158.49
Geisinger
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$123.03
Geisinger
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$309.03
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$588.84
Independence Blue Cross
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$562.34
Independence Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$123.03
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$436.52
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$363.08
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$588.84
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$186.21
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$147.91
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$199.53

Where Pennsylvania sits

The same service costs 3.0 times more in Alaska than in Washington, DC. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Pennsylvania $148 · 12th of 51
AK $275DC $91.20

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.