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Tissue-Matching (HLA) Genetic Blood Test

Tennessee 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?

$81.28

Typical negotiated rate. In Tennessee, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $81.28 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $74.13 from a physician practice, and about $155 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 5 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$74.13$70.79 to $102
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$155$89.13 to $339

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $155 · 10th to 90th $71 to $407Professionalmedian $74 · 10th to 90th $63 to $129
$20$50$100$200$500facility $155professional $74

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
$70.79
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$407.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$114.82
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$125.89
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$380.19
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$131.83
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$446.68
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$707.95
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$109.65
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$125.89

Where Tennessee 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.

Tennessee· 39th of 51

$81.28

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.