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Tissue Typing For Multiple HLA Markers

Iowa rates for HCPCS 86813

A blood test that identifies several of the inherited markers on the surface of a person's cells that the immune system uses to tell its own tissue from foreign tissue. Matching these markers between a donor and a recipient is a central step in planning a transplant.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Tissue Typing For Multiple HLA Markers cost?

$69.18

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $69.18 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $57.54 from a physician practice, and about $102 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 7 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$57.54$44.67 to $141
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$102$57.54 to $155

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $102 · 10th to 90th $45 to $170Professionalmedian $58 · 10th to 90th $38 to $380
$50$100$200$500facility $102professional $58

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
$44.67
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$169.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$380.19
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$138.04
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$199.53
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$181.97
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$151.36
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$75.86
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$70.79
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$134.90
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$147.91
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$57.54

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 2.5 times more in South Dakota 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.

Iowa· 17th of 51

$69.18

SD $107DC $43.65

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.