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Tissue-Matching (HLA) Genetic Blood Test

Washington, DC 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?

$70.79

Typical negotiated rate. In Washington, DC, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $70.79 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $70.79 from a physician practice, and about $70.79 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$70.79$70.79 to $74.13
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$70.79$70.79 to $115

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $71 · 10th to 90th $71 to $158Professionalmedian $71 · 10th to 90th $71 to $155
$50$100$200$500facility $71professional $71

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
$70.79
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$70.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$74.13
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$562.34
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$363.08
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$426.58
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$190.55
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$114.82
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$89.13

Where Washington, DC 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.

Washington, DC· 51st of 51

$70.79

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.