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HLA-DR/DQ Tissue Typing

South Carolina 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?

$110

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $110 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $107 from a physician practice, and about $380 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$107$89.13 to $162
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$380$245 to $661

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $380 · 10th to 90th $112 to $891Professionalmedian $107 · 10th to 90th $63 to $162
$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $380professional $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
$83.18
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$83.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$85.11
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$912.01
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$162.18
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$660.69
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$123.03
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$141.25
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$229.09
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$128.82
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$128.82
2 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
$41.69
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$42.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$16.98

Where South Carolina 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.

South Carolina· 17th of 51

$110

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.