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HLA-DR/DQ Tissue Typing

Missouri 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 Missouri, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $31.62 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $29.51 from a physician practice, and about $39.81 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$29.51$18.20 to $50.12
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$39.81$30.20 to $52.48

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $40 · 10th to 90th $30 to $69Professionalmedian $30 · 10th to 90th $14 to $66
$20$50$100$200facility $40professional $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
$29.51
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$66.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$66.07
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$104.71
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$75.86
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$63.10
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$43.65
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$302.00
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$36.31
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$37.15
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$38.90

Where Missouri 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.

Missouri· 25th 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.