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Donor And Recipient Tissue Crossmatch

Colorado rates for HCPCS 86805

A laboratory crossmatch in which a potential donor's cells are mixed with the recipient's serum and a substance is added that destroys cells only where antibodies have attached. A technician then reads under a microscope how many cells were killed. It is done before a transplant to show whether the recipient carries antibodies that would attack the donor organ.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Donor And Recipient Tissue Crossmatch cost?

$191

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $191 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $132 from a physician practice, and about $550 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$132$79.43 to $145
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$550$331 to $661

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $550 · 10th to 90th $145 to $871Professionalmedian $132 · 10th to 90th $76 to $347
$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $550professional $132

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
$190.55
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$870.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$190.55
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$870.96
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$389.05
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$575.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$269.15
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$229.09
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$478.63
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$398.11
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$190.55
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$229.09
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$141.25
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
$63.10
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$95.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$38.02

Where Colorado sits

The same service costs 11.2 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.

Colorado· 11th of 51

$191

AK $427AL $38.02

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.