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HLA-DR/DQ Tissue Typing

Minnesota 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 Minnesota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $107 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $107 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$107$85.11 to $129
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$107$100 to $275

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $107 · 10th to 90th $100 to $437Professionalmedian $107 · 10th to 90th $52 to $204
$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $107professional $107

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
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$128.82
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$309.03
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$107.15
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$1,000.00
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$204.17
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$776.25
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$204.17
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$501.19
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$223.87
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$128.82
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$251.19
4 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$50.12
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$19.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$63.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$25.70

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 21st 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.