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HLA-DR/DQ Tissue Typing

Kansas 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?

$31.62

Typical negotiated rate. In Kansas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $31.62 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $26.30 from a physician practice, and about $69.18 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$26.30$23.44 to $30.20
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$69.18$45.71 to $162

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $69 · 10th to 90th $30 to $245Professionalmedian $26 · 10th to 90th $21 to $79
$20$50$100$200facility $69professional $26

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
$32.36
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$87.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$30.20
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$245.47
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$79.43
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$43.65
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$69.18
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$48.98
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$39.81
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$53.70

Where Kansas 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.

Kansas· 26th of 51

$31.62

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.