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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 July 2026.

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

$85.11

Typical negotiated rate. In Kentucky, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $85.11 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $83.18 from a physician practice, and about $107 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 5 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$83.18$53.70 to $89.13
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$107$87.10 to $155

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $107 · 10th to 90th $83 to $257Professionalmedian $83 · 10th to 90th $46 to $145
$50$100$200$500facility $107professional $83

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
$83.18
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$257.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$288.40
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$112.20
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$89.13
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$147.91
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$213.80
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$223.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$512.86
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$416.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$107.15

Where Kentucky 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.

Kentucky· 43rd of 51

$85.11

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.