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Mixed Lymphocyte Culture Donor Match Test

Colorado 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?

$39.81

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $39.81 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $25.12 from a physician practice, and about $107 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$25.12$15.49 to $34.67
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$107$67.61 to $126

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $107 · 10th to 90th $28 to $166Professionalmedian $25 · 10th to 90th $15 to $72
$20$50$100$200facility $107professional $25

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
$36.31
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$169.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$43.65
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$165.96
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$75.86
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$120.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$52.48
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$112.20
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$141.25
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$77.62
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$36.31
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$43.65
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$34.67
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
$13.80
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$21.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$5.62
Typical High
$8.71

Where Colorado 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.

Colorado· 30th of 51

$39.81

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.