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Donor And Recipient Tissue Crossmatch

Washington, DC 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?

$35.48

Typical negotiated rate. In Washington, DC, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $35.48 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $35.48 from a physician practice, and about $81.28 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 5 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$35.48$35.48 to $35.48
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$81.28$35.48 to $151

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $81 · 10th to 90th $35 to $234Professionalmedian $35 · 10th to 90th $35 to $117
$20$50$100$200$500facility $81professional $35

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
$35.48
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$234.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$35.48
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$524.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$181.97
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$371.54
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$97.72
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$57.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$57.54

Where Washington, DC 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.

Washington, DC· 51st of 51

$35.48

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.