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HLA-DR/DQ Tissue Typing

Kentucky 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?

$63.10

Typical negotiated rate. In Kentucky, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $63.10 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $56.23 from a physician practice, and about $100 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$56.23$53.70 to $89.13
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$100$85.11 to $155

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $100 · 10th to 90th $66 to $155Professionalmedian $56 · 10th to 90th $43 to $107
$50$100$200$500facility $100professional $56

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

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$89.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$107.15
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$112.20
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$89.13
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$147.91
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$213.80
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$223.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$512.86
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$107.15
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
$22.91
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$52.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$21.38

Where Kentucky 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.

Kentucky· 50th of 51

$63.10

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.