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HLA-DR/DQ Tissue Typing

North Dakota 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?

$162

Typical negotiated rate. In North Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $162 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $182 from a physician practice, and about $75.86 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$182$100 to $214
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$75.86$74.13 to $100

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $76 · 10th to 90th $74 to $191Professionalmedian $182 · 10th to 90th $74 to $245
$50$100$200$500facility $76professional $182

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
$74.13
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$190.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$316.23
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$239.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$154.88
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$501.19
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$181.97
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$416.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$154.88

Where North Dakota 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.

North Dakota· 3rd of 51

$162

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.