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Tissue-Matching (HLA) Genetic Blood Test

Virginia 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?

$95.50

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $95.50 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $75.86 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 8 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$75.86$56.23 to $97.72
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$115$95.50 to $234

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $115 · 10th to 90th $87 to $490Professionalmedian $76 · 10th to 90th $46 to $178
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $115professional $76

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
$87.10
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$549.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$177.83
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$380.19
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$75.86
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$354.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$489.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$190.55
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$131.83
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$281.84
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$281.84
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$10,000.00
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$10,000.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$151.36
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$125.89

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 22nd of 51

$95.50

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.