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HLA-DR/DQ Tissue Typing

Alabama rates for HCPCS 86817

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 October 2026.

How much does HLA-DR/DQ Tissue Typing cost?

$38.90

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $38.90 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $52.48 from a physician practice, and about $38.02 from a hospital or other facility.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$52.48$44.67 to $123
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$38.02$38.02 to $38.02

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $38 · 10th to 90th $38 to $89Professionalmedian $52 · 10th to 90th $40 to $123
$50$100$200facility $38professional $52

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$162.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$123.03
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$38.02
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Professional
Modifier
21 + 22 · Increased work + 24 · Unrelated visit after surgery
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$69.18
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$338.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$363.08
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$107.15
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$63.10
2 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$61.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$24.55

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 6.2 times more in Alaska than in Alabama. 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.

Alabama· 51st of 51

$38.90

AK $240AL $38.90

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.