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Tissue-Matching (HLA) Genetic Blood Test

Massachusetts 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 Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $95.50 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $95.50 from a physician practice, and about $224 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 9 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$95.50$87.10 to $100
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$224$129 to $282

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $224 · 10th to 90th $87 to $324Professionalmedian $95 · 10th to 90th $76 to $234
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $224professional $95

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
$87.10
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$389.05
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$281.84
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$323.59
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$316.23
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$323.59
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$89.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$199.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$245.47
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$9,772.37
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$162.18
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$181.97
Health New England
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$199.53
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$323.59
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$316.23
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$151.36
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$218.78

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 27th 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.