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Tissue Typing for Transplant Matching

New Jersey 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?

$148

Typical negotiated rate. In New Jersey, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $148 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $141 from a physician practice, and about $513 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 5 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$141$138 to $151
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$513$234 to $1,096

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $513 · 10th to 90th $162 to $5,623Professionalmedian $141 · 10th to 90th $117 to $224
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $513professional $141

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
$229.09
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,949.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$204.17
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$812.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$363.08
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$288.40
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$10,471.29
Typical High
$23,988.33
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$177.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$363.08
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$239.88

Where New Jersey 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.

New Jersey· 43rd of 51

$148

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.