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Tissue-Matching (HLA) Genetic Blood Test

Alaska rates for HCPCS 81377

A genetic blood test that identifies specific tissue-matching markers on white blood cells, known as HLA type. It is most often used to check how well a potential donor's tissue matches a recipient's before an organ or bone marrow transplant, since a closer match lowers the risk of rejection. It may also be used in certain disease-risk or family-relationship testing.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Tissue-Matching (HLA) Genetic Blood Test cost?

$214

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $214 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $214 from a physician practice, and about $347 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 6 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$214$95.50 to $302
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$347$95.50 to $501

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $347 · 10th to 90th $95 to $676Professionalmedian $214 · 10th to 90th $87 to $316
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $347professional $214

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,122.02
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$630.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$263.03
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$426.58
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$302.00
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$588.84
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$213.80
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$457.09
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$91.20
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$288.40

Where Alaska 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.

Alaska· 1st of 51

$214

AK $214DC $70.79

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.