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HLA-DR/DQ Tissue Typing

Montana 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?

$132

Typical negotiated rate. In Montana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $132 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $132 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$132$115 to $209
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$145$132 to $204

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $145 · 10th to 90th $107 to $324Professionalmedian $132 · 10th to 90th $45 to $708
$50$100$200$500facility $145professional $132

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$707.95
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$602.56
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$154.88
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$323.59
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$323.59
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$602.56
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$154.88
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$107.15
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$89.13

Where Montana 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.

Montana· 6th of 51

$132

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.