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HLA-DR/DQ Tissue Typing

Colorado rates for HCPCS 86816

Determines which tissue markers of the HLA-DR and HLA-DQ groups a person carries, from a blood sample. These markers differ widely from person to person and are compared between a donor and a recipient before a transplant to judge how well they match. The same typing is also used in the assessment of certain immune conditions.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does HLA-DR/DQ Tissue Typing cost?

$28.84

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $28.84 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $22.91 from a physician practice, and about $81.28 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$22.91$22.39 to $25.70
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$81.28$43.65 to $126

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $81 · 10th to 90th $23 to $151Professionalmedian $23 · 10th to 90th $13 to $29
$20$50$100$200facility $81professional $23

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
$19.05
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$141.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$28.84
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$151.36
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$22.91
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$43.65
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$61.66
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$331.13
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$63.10
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$30.20
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$45.71
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$30.20

Where Colorado sits

The same service costs 2.5 times more in South Dakota than in Maryland. 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.

Colorado· 30th of 51

$28.84

SD $54.95MD $22.39

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.