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Mixed Lymphocyte Culture Donor Match Test

Arkansas 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?

$50.12

Typical negotiated rate. In Arkansas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $50.12 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $46.77 from a physician practice, and about $56.23 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$46.77$28.84 to $56.23
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$56.23$41.69 to $69.18

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $56 · 10th to 90th $42 to $123Professionalmedian $47 · 10th to 90th $28 to $117
$20.0$50.0$100.0$200.0facility $56professional $47

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
$56.23
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$123.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$117.49
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$57.54
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$51.29
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$151.36
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$70.79
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$41.69
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$95.50

Where Arkansas 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.

Arkansas $50.12 · 17th 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.