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Tissue Typing for Transplant Matching

Minnesota 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?

$178

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, October 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 $178 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$178$148 to $219
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$178$166 to $457

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $178 · 10th to 90th $166 to $692Professionalmedian $178 · 10th to 90th $123 to $363
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $178professional $178

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
$165.96
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$165.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$169.82
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$478.63
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$177.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$346.74
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,288.25
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$338.84
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$426.58
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$891.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$213.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$416.87
4 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$83.18
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$85.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.88

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 28th of 51

$178

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.