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Donor And Recipient Tissue Crossmatch

Louisiana 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?

$57.54

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $57.54 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $52.48 from a physician practice, and about $66.07 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$52.48$39.81 to $60.26
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$66.07$57.54 to $123

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $66 · 10th to 90th $48 to $174Professionalmedian $52 · 10th to 90th $29 to $89
$20$50$100$200facility $66professional $52

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
$50.12
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$173.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$97.72
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$177.83
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$93.33
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$295.12
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$54.95
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$58.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$66.07

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 14th of 51

$57.54

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.