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Detailed Tissue Typing, Main Cell Markers

North Carolina rates for HCPCS 81379

A blood test that reads a person's tissue type — the inherited identity tags carried on the surface of nearly every cell, which the immune system uses to tell its own tissue from foreign tissue. This version reads the main set of those tags at a fine level of detail, identifying the exact version of each rather than only the broad group it belongs to. It is used to match a donor and a recipient closely before a stem cell or organ transplant.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Detailed Tissue Typing, Main Cell Markers cost?

$302

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $302 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $295 from a physician practice, and about $437 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$295$269 to $407
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$437$295 to $1,023

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $437 · 10th to 90th $269 to $1,047Professionalmedian $295 · 10th to 90th $186 to $479
$200$500$1Kfacility $437professional $295

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
$269.15
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$1,047.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$446.68
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,148.15
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$537.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,513.56
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$457.09
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$575.44
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$269.15
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$562.34
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$457.09
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$1,584.89
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$2,511.89

Where North Carolina sits

The same service costs 3.2 times more in Alaska than in Delaware. 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.

North Carolina· 40th of 51

$302

AK $759DE $240

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.