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Mixed Lymphocyte Culture Donor Match Test

Alabama rates for HCPCS 86821

A laboratory test that mixes white blood cells from two people, usually someone awaiting a transplant and a possible donor, and measures how strongly one set of cells reacts against the other. A strong reaction points to a poorer immune match between them.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Mixed Lymphocyte Culture Donor Match Test cost?

$36.31

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $36.31 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $41.69 from a physician practice, and about $33.11 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 4 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$41.69$32.36 to $41.69
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$33.11$7.41 to $41.69

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $33 · 10th to 90th $6 to $55Professionalmedian $42 · 10th to 90th $25 to $47
$5.0$20.0$100.0$500.0$2.0Kfacility $33professional $42

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
$36.31
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$56.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$46.77
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$9.55
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$57.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$117.49
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$199.53
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$69.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$79.43

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 3.4 times more in Vermont than in Tennessee. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Alabama $36.31 · 36th of 51
VT $97.72TN $28.84

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.