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HLA-DR/DQ Tissue Typing

North Dakota 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?

$45.71

Typical negotiated rate. In North Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $45.71 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $51.29 from a physician practice, and about $21.38 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$51.29$28.18 to $61.66
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$21.38$20.89 to $28.18

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $21 · 10th to 90th $21 to $54Professionalmedian $51 · 10th to 90th $21 to $69
$20$50$100$200$500facility $21professional $51

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
$20.89
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$53.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$91.20
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$67.61
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$43.65
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$302.00
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$51.29
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$512.86
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$46.77

Where North Dakota 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.

North Dakota· 6th of 51

$45.71

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.