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HLA-DR/DQ Tissue Typing

Colorado 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 July 2026.

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

$100

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $100 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $81.28 from a physician practice, and about $275 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 7 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$81.28$70.79 to $91.20
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$275$141 to $447

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $275 · 10th to 90th $81 to $537Professionalmedian $81 · 10th to 90th $45 to $100
$50$100$200$500facility $275professional $81

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
$67.61
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$501.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$100.00
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$537.03
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$77.62
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$281.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$128.82
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$218.78
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$229.09
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$223.87
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$107.15
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$158.49
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$89.13

Where Colorado sits

The same service costs 2.7 times more in Nebraska than in Connecticut. 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.

Colorado· 29th of 51

$100

NE $174CT $64.57

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.