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Tissue-Matching (HLA) Genetic Blood Test

Alabama 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?

$85.11

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $85.11 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $75.86 from a physician practice, and about $95.50 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 4 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$75.86$63.10 to $110
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$95.50$74.13 to $110

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $95 · 10th to 90th $63 to $138Professionalmedian $76 · 10th to 90th $56 to $110
$50$100$200facility $95professional $76

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
$95.50
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$141.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$109.65
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$95.50
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$120.23
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$302.00
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$524.81
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$112.20
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$125.89

Where Alabama 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.

Alabama· 34th of 51

$85.11

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.