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Tissue-Matching (HLA) Genetic Blood Test

North Carolina 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?

$83.18

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $83.18 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $81.28 from a physician practice, and about $100 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$81.28$75.86 to $129
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$100$75.86 to $214

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $100 · 10th to 90th $76 to $288Professionalmedian $81 · 10th to 90th $56 to $501
$10.0$20.0$50.0$100.0$200.0$500.0facility $100professional $81

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
$64.57
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$288.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$125.89
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$316.23
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$501.19
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$426.58
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$128.82
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$165.96
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$281.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$151.36
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$131.83
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$446.68
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$707.95

Where North Carolina sits

The same service costs 3.0 times more in Alaska than in Washington, DC. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

North Carolina $83.18 · 37th of 51
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.