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Donor And Recipient Tissue Crossmatch

Minnesota 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 Minnesota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $191 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $191 from a physician practice, and about $191 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$191$151 to $229
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$191$178 to $457

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $191 · 10th to 90th $174 to $741Professionalmedian $191 · 10th to 90th $79 to $363
$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $191professional $191

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
$177.83
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$177.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$229.09
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$309.03
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$190.55
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,778.28
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$363.08
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,380.38
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$363.08
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$891.25
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$407.38
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$229.09
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$446.68
4 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$89.13
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$35.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$114.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$45.71

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 13th 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.