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HLA-DR/DQ Tissue Typing

Virginia 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?

$81.28

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $81.28 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $72.44 from a physician practice, and about $138 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$72.44$47.86 to $85.11
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$138$107 to $251

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $138 · 10th to 90th $91 to $525Professionalmedian $72 · 10th to 90th $43 to $129
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $138professional $72

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
$79.43
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$245.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$95.50
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$524.81
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$77.62
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$89.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$269.15
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$123.03
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$158.49
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$125.89
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$131.83
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$97.72
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$10,232.93
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$10,232.93
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$128.82
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$89.13
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
$39.81
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$46.77
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$19.05

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 34th of 51

$81.28

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.