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HLA-DR/DQ Tissue Typing

Mississippi 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?

$123

Typical negotiated rate. In Mississippi, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $123 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $115 from a physician practice, and about $141 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 4 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$115$81.28 to $191
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$141$105 to $191

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $141 · 10th to 90th $83 to $191Professionalmedian $115 · 10th to 90th $55 to $214
$50$100$200facility $141professional $115

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
$107.15
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$213.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$213.80
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$141.25
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$141.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$128.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$173.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$107.15
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$169.82

Where Mississippi 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.

Mississippi· 12th of 51

$123

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.