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Tissue-Matching (HLA) Genetic Blood Test

Connecticut 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?

$95.50

Typical negotiated rate. In Connecticut, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $95.50 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $83.18 from a physician practice, and about $148 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 5 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$83.18$67.61 to $126
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$148$97.72 to $209

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $148 · 10th to 90th $95 to $263Professionalmedian $83 · 10th to 90th $63 to $282
$50$100$200$500facility $148professional $83

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
$134.90
Typical High
$263.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$281.84
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$257.04
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$234.42
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$371.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$213.80
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$181.97
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$95.50
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$158.49

Where Connecticut 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.

Connecticut· 20th of 51

$95.50

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.