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HLA-DR/DQ Tissue Typing

Louisiana 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?

$129

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $129 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $117 from a physician practice, and about $145 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$117$83.18 to $129
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$145$123 to $269

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $145 · 10th to 90th $107 to $380Professionalmedian $117 · 10th to 90th $52 to $145
$50$100$200$500facility $145professional $117

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
$112.20
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$389.05
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$213.80
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$275.42
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$123.03
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$489.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$123.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$107.15
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$120.23

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 10th of 51

$129

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.