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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 October 2026.

How much does Mixed Lymphocyte Culture Donor Match Test cost?

$15.49

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $15.49 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $38.90 from a physician practice, and about $6.31 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$38.90$18.20 to $41.69
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$6.31$6.17 to $6.31

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6 · 10th to 90th $6 to $31Professionalmedian $39 · 10th to 90th $15 to $46
$10$20$50$100$200facility $6professional $39

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
$41.69
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$56.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$41.69
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$6.31
Typical High
$6.31
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Professional
Modifier
21 + 22 · Increased work + 24 · Unrelated visit after surgery
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$57.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$117.49
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$323.59
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$36.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$45.71
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
$17.38
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$20.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$8.32

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 10.2 times more in Kansas 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.

Alabama· 51st of 51

$15.49

KS $158AL $15.49

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.