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HLA-DR/DQ Tissue Typing

Louisiana 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?

$37.15

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $37.15 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $36.31 from a physician practice, and about $41.69 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$36.31$28.84 to $38.90
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$41.69$36.31 to $77.62

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $42 · 10th to 90th $30 to $110Professionalmedian $36 · 10th to 90th $20 to $54
$20$50$100facility $42professional $36

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
$31.62
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$109.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$61.66
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$102.33
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$52.48
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$43.65
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$35.48
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$43.65

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 11th of 51

$37.15

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.