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Tissue-Matching (HLA) Genetic Blood Test

Illinois 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?

$81.28

Typical negotiated rate. In Illinois, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $81.28 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $77.62 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$77.62$66.07 to $95.50
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$148$97.72 to $195

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $148 · 10th to 90th $81 to $257Professionalmedian $78 · 10th to 90th $3 to $191
$5$20$100$500facility $148professional $78

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
$77.62
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$208.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$190.55
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$1,202.26
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$72.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$436.52
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$173.78
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$426.58
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$123.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$190.55
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$125.89

Where Illinois 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.

Illinois· 41st of 51

$81.28

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.