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HLA-DR/DQ Tissue Typing

Florida 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?

$25.70

Typical negotiated rate. In Florida, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $25.70 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $23.99 from a physician practice, and about $85.11 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$23.99$22.91 to $25.70
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$85.11$30.20 to $105

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $85 · 10th to 90th $26 to $162Professionalmedian $24 · 10th to 90th $21 to $31
$20$50$100$200facility $85professional $24

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
$25.70
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$147.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$30.90
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$35.48
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$38.90
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$45.71
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$257.04
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$38.90
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$20.42
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$34.67
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$43.65
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$30.20

Where Florida 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.

Florida· 39th of 51

$25.70

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.