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Tissue Typing for Transplant Matching

Iowa 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?

$195

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $195 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $182 from a physician practice, and about $339 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$182$138 to $380
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$339$214 to $468

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $339 · 10th to 90th $178 to $501Professionalmedian $182 · 10th to 90th $107 to $776
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $339professional $182

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
$138.04
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$501.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$213.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$501.19
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$588.84
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$501.19
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$891.25
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$234.42
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$380.19
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$457.09
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$426.58
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$177.83
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
$69.18
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$107.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$42.66

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 22nd of 51

$195

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.