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Mixed Lymphocyte Culture Donor Match Test

Connecticut 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?

$43.65

Typical negotiated rate. In Connecticut, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $43.65 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $21.88 to $74.13.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $72 · 10th to 90th $36 to $120Professionalmedian $25 · 10th to 90th $18 to $79
$20$50$100$200facility $72professional $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
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$51.29
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$114.82
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$79.43
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$134.90
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$67.61
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$63.10
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$75.86
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
$20.89
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$25.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$10.23

Where Connecticut 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.

Connecticut· 23rd of 51

$43.65

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.