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Tissue Typing For Multiple HLA Markers

Kentucky 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?

$47.86

Typical negotiated rate. In Kentucky, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $47.86 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $47.86 from a physician practice, and about $48.98 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$47.86$46.77 to $53.70
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$48.98$47.86 to $72.44

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $49 · 10th to 90th $46 to $138Professionalmedian $48 · 10th to 90th $31 to $79
$5$10$20$50$100$200facility $49professional $48

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
$45.71
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$138.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$257.04
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$61.66
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$79.43
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$81.28
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$114.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$147.91
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$416.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$81.28

Where Kentucky 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.

Kentucky· 43rd of 51

$47.86

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.