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HLA-DR/DQ Tissue Typing

South 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?

$174

Typical negotiated rate. In South Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $174 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $145 from a physician practice, and about $204 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 6 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$145$83.18 to $245
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$204$195 to $204

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $204 · 10th to 90th $102 to $204Professionalmedian $145 · 10th to 90th $71 to $257
$50$100$200$500facility $204professional $145

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
$120.23
Typical High
$120.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$100.00
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$204.17
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$251.19
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$407.38
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$128.82
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$288.40
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$128.82
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$128.82
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$107.15

Where South 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.

South Dakota· 2nd of 51

$174

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.