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Tissue-Matching (HLA) Genetic Blood Test

Missouri 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?

$93.33

Typical negotiated rate. In Missouri, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $93.33 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $83.18 from a physician practice, and about $115 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$83.18$66.07 to $126
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$115$91.20 to $166

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $115 · 10th to 90th $83 to $219Professionalmedian $83 · 10th to 90th $46 to $191
$50$100$200$500facility $115professional $83

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
$81.28
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$181.97
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$190.55
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$331.13
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$186.21
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$141.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$512.86
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$158.49
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$446.68
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$478.63
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$123.03
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$141.25

Where Missouri 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.

Missouri· 30th of 51

$93.33

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.