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Tissue-Matching (HLA) Genetic Blood Test

Iowa 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 Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $95.50 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $85.11 from a physician practice, and about $155 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 8 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$85.11$72.44 to $186
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$155$95.50 to $251

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $155 · 10th to 90th $72 to $275Professionalmedian $85 · 10th to 90th $63 to $631
$100$200$500facility $155professional $85

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
$72.44
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$275.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$630.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$245.47
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$229.09
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$316.23
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$257.04
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$478.63
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$125.89
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$204.17
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$208.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$257.04
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$95.50

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 25th 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.