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HLA-DR/DQ Tissue Typing

Arizona 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?

$77.62

Typical negotiated rate. In Arizona, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $77.62 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $48.98 from a physician practice, and about $214 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$48.98$39.81 to $70.79
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$214$85.11 to $347

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $214 · 10th to 90th $68 to $501Professionalmedian $49 · 10th to 90th $38 to $102
$50$100$200$500facility $214professional $49

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
$81.28
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$549.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$70.79
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$457.09
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$144.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$295.12
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$162.18
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$501.19
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$67.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$81.28
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
$35.48
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$35.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$14.13

Where Arizona 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.

Arizona· 43rd of 51

$77.62

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.