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Tissue Typing for Transplant Matching

Colorado rates for HCPCS 81380

A laboratory test that identifies the HLA markers carried on a person's cells, using a blood sample. These markers differ greatly between people, and how closely they match between a donor and a recipient is a main factor in how well transplanted tissue is tolerated.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Tissue Typing for Transplant Matching cost?

$234

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $234 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $107 from a physician practice, and about $513 from a hospital or other facility.

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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$107$74.13 to $229
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$513$331 to $617

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $513 · 10th to 90th $138 to $813Professionalmedian $107 · 10th to 90th $74 to $363
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $513professional $107

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$812.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$186.21
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$812.83
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$389.05
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$562.34
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$257.04
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$316.23
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$457.09
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$371.54
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$263.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$213.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$131.83
2 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$93.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$37.15

Where Colorado sits

The same service costs 3.4 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.

Colorado· 10th of 51

$234

AK $398DE $117

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.