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Tissue Typing for Transplant Matching

Massachusetts 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 July 2026.

How much does Tissue Typing for Transplant Matching cost?

$178

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $178 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $178 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 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$178$170 to $195
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$437$251 to $537

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $437 · 10th to 90th $170 to $759Professionalmedian $178 · 10th to 90th $132 to $437
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $437professional $178

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
$169.82
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$758.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$537.03
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$616.60
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$588.84
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$630.96
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$173.78
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$371.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$457.09
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$9,772.37
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$302.00
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$338.84
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$616.60
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$588.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$288.40
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$426.58

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 22nd of 51

$178

AK $398DC $132

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.