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HLA-DR/DQ Tissue Typing

Minnesota 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?

$30.20

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $30.20 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $30.20 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 6 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$30.20$28.18 to $34.67
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$81.28$30.20 to $158

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $81 · 10th to 90th $30 to $224Professionalmedian $30 · 10th to 90th $24 to $44
$20$50$100$200$500facility $81professional $30

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
$28.18
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$28.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$91.20
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$234.42
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$30.20
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$281.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$58.88
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$223.87
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$57.54
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$302.00
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$64.57
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$512.86
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$67.61

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 28th of 51

$30.20

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.