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Donor And Recipient Tissue Crossmatch

New York 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?

$123

Typical negotiated rate. In New York, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $123 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $115 from a physician practice, and about $245 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$115$75.86 to $195
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$245$148 to $427

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $245 · 10th to 90th $40 to $513Professionalmedian $115 · 10th to 90th $58 to $295
$20$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $245professional $115

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
$38.90
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$575.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$162.18
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$489.78
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$371.54
CDPHP
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$190.55
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$562.34
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$912.01
Emblem Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$426.58
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$371.54
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$208.93
MVP Health Care
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$380.19
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$389.05
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$234.42
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$275.42
Univera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$218.78
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$208.93
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
$19.50
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$81.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$32.36

Where New York 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.

New York· 33rd of 51

$123

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.