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Donor And Recipient Tissue Crossmatch

Louisiana 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 Louisiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $191 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $107 from a physician practice, and about $234 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$66.07 to $209
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$234$170 to $372

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $234 · 10th to 90th $83 to $537Professionalmedian $107 · 10th to 90th $31 to $229
$10$20$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $234professional $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
$199.53
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$977.24
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$489.78
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$194.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$245.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$123.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$48.98
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$467.74
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$208.93
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$616.60
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$218.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$190.55
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$107.15

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 15th 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.