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Mixed Lymphocyte Culture Donor Match Test

Arizona 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 Arizona, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $36.31 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $29.51 from a physician practice, and about $110 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$29.51$24.55 to $34.67
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$110$43.65 to $138

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $110 · 10th to 90th $33 to $162Professionalmedian $30 · 10th to 90th $25 to $240
$20.0$50.0$100.0$200.0facility $110professional $30

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
$43.65
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$158.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$239.88
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$190.55
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$169.82
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$117.49
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$56.23
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$346.74
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$34.67
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$43.65
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$36.31

Where Arizona 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.

Arizona $36.31 · 35th 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.