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HLA-DR/DQ Tissue Typing

Indiana 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 Indiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $77.62 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $60.26 from a physician practice, and about $107 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$60.26$38.02 to $95.50
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$107$95.50 to $214

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $107 · 10th to 90th $83 to $316Professionalmedian $60 · 10th to 90th $34 to $158
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $107professional $60

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
$87.10
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$389.05
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$181.97
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$316.23
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$117.49
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$131.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$302.00
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$204.17
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$2,187.76
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$97.72
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$128.82
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
$39.81
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$91.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$36.31

Where Indiana 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.

Indiana· 44th 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.