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Donor And Recipient Tissue Crossmatch

Virginia 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?

$132

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $132 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $115 from a physician practice, and about $200 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 8 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 $145
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$200$191 to $398

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $200 · 10th to 90th $123 to $871Professionalmedian $115 · 10th to 90th $59 to $209
$20$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $200professional $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
$141.25
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$436.52
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$169.82
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$933.25
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$138.04
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$151.36
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$467.74
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$218.78
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$281.84
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$102.33
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$190.55
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$89.13
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$10,232.93
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$10,232.93
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$229.09
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$114.82
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
$70.79
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$85.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.88

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 31st of 51

$132

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.