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Tissue-Matching (HLA) Genetic Blood Test

Arkansas 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?

$83.18

Typical negotiated rate. In Arkansas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $83.18 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $79.43 from a physician practice, and about $141 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$79.43$72.44 to $91.20
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$141$107 to $141

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $141 · 10th to 90th $107 to $174Professionalmedian $79 · 10th to 90th $63 to $141
$50$100$200facility $141professional $79

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
$125.89
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$199.53
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$141.25
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$147.91
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$128.82
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$234.42
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$162.18
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$109.65
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$125.89

Where Arkansas 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.

Arkansas· 38th of 51

$83.18

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.