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Tissue-Matching (HLA) Genetic Blood Test

Minnesota 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 Minnesota, 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 $257 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 6 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$89.13 to $110
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$257$95.50 to $372

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $257 · 10th to 90th $95 to $692Professionalmedian $95 · 10th to 90th $76 to $138
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $257professional $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
$89.13
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$89.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$128.82
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$338.84
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$95.50
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$891.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$194.98
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$691.83
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$181.97
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$288.40
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$251.19
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$114.82
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$204.17

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 21st 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.