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HLA-DR/DQ Tissue Typing

Washington 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 Washington, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $31.62 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $28.18 from a physician practice, and about $47.86 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 9 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$28.18$26.92 to $36.31
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$47.86$33.11 to $66.07

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $48 · 10th to 90th $30 to $126Professionalmedian $28 · 10th to 90th $18 to $60
$20$50$100$200facility $48professional $28

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
$64.57
Typical High
$162.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$199.53
Asuris Northwest Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$83.18
Asuris Northwest Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$30.20
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$43.65
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$64.57
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$61.66
Pacific Source
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$33.11
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$93.33
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$36.31
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$81.28
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$30.20
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$36.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$38.90
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$53.70

Where Washington 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.

Washington· 24th 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.