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Donor And Recipient Tissue Crossmatch

Massachusetts 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?

$178

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $178 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $166 from a physician practice, and about $219 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$166$67.61 to $234
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$219$141 to $316

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $219 · 10th to 90th $89 to $537Professionalmedian $166 · 10th to 90th $44 to $479
$10$100$1Kfacility $219professional $166

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
$50.12
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$234.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$60.26
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$549.54
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$478.63
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$537.03
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$186.21
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$302.00
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$741.31
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$4,897.79
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$316.23
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$660.69
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$549.54
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$478.63
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$229.09
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$398.11
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$331.13
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$66.07
3 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
$25.12
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$29.51
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$12.02
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
QW · Waived lab test
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$295.12

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 17th of 51

$178

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.