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HLA-DR/DQ Tissue Typing

Massachusetts 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?

$107

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $107 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $93.33 from a physician practice, and about $138 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$93.33$63.10 to $151
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$138$91.20 to $209

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $138 · 10th to 90th $78 to $309Professionalmedian $93 · 10th to 90th $54 to $275
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $138professional $93

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
$61.66
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$288.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$74.13
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$309.03
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$269.15
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$302.00
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$100.00
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$223.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$416.87
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$4,897.79
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$177.83
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$363.08
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$309.03
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$269.15
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$128.82
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$223.87
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$186.21
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$81.28
3 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
$30.90
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$36.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$14.79
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
QW · Waived lab test
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$165.96

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 22nd of 51

$107

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.