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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 October 2026.

How much does Mixed Lymphocyte Culture Donor Match Test cost?

$34.67

Typical negotiated rate. In Arizona, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $34.67 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $29.51 from a physician practice, and about $77.62 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$29.51$21.88 to $33.88
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$77.62$40.74 to $123

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $78 · 10th to 90th $26 to $182Professionalmedian $30 · 10th to 90th $15 to $45
$20$50$100$200facility $78professional $30

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
$28.18
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$190.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$24.55
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$158.49
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$50.12
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$102.33
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$56.23
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$346.74
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$34.67
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$54.95
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
$12.30
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$12.30
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$4.90
Median
$4.90
Typical High
$4.90

Where Arizona 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.

Arizona· 40th of 51

$34.67

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.