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Donor And Recipient Tissue Crossmatch

Colorado rates for HCPCS 86806

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 July 2026.

How much does Donor And Recipient Tissue Crossmatch cost?

$44.67

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $44.67 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $36.31 from a physician practice, and about $120 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$36.31$34.67 to $43.65
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$120$63.10 to $200

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $120 · 10th to 90th $36 to $240Professionalmedian $36 · 10th to 90th $20 to $46
$20$50$100$200facility $120professional $36

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$223.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$45.71
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$239.88
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$36.31
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$125.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$57.54
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$93.33
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$169.82
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$100.00
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$47.86
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$70.79
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$44.67

Where Colorado sits

The same service costs 2.3 times more in Vermont than in Washington, DC. 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.

Colorado· 35th of 51

$44.67

VT $83.18DC $35.48

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.