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Tissue-Matching (HLA) Genetic Blood Test

Louisiana 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?

$120

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $120 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $112 from a physician practice, and about $132 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$112$100 to $135
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$132$115 to $245

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $132 · 10th to 90th $98 to $347Professionalmedian $112 · 10th to 90th $56 to $339
$50$100$200$500facility $132professional $112

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
$100.00
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$346.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$630.96
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$354.81
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$138.04
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$95.50
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$562.34
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$199.53
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$112.20
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$169.82

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 7th of 51

$120

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.