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Tissue-Matching (HLA) Genetic Blood Test

Rhode Island 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?

$87.10

Typical negotiated rate. In Rhode Island, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $87.10 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $85.11 from a physician practice, and about $186 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 4 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$85.11$75.86 to $87.10
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$186$115 to $275

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $186 · 10th to 90th $110 to $550Professionalmedian $85 · 10th to 90th $71 to $126
$50$100$200$500facility $186professional $85

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$549.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$87.10
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$186.21
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$125.89
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$389.05
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$138.04
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$173.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$181.97

Where Rhode Island 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.

Rhode Island· 32nd of 51

$87.10

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.