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Tissue-Matching (HLA) Genetic Blood Test

Montana 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?

$126

Typical negotiated rate. In Montana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $126 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $110 from a physician practice, and about $178 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$110$97.72 to $178
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$178$126 to $288

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $178 · 10th to 90th $117 to $537Professionalmedian $110 · 10th to 90th $91 to $631
$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $178professional $110

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
$223.87
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$281.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$630.96
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$87,096.36
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$125.89
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$537.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$138.04
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$288.40
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$288.40
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$537.03
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$151.36
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$95.50
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$125.89

Where Montana 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.

Montana· 6th of 51

$126

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.