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Mixed Lymphocyte Culture Donor Match Test

Illinois 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?

$48.98

Typical negotiated rate. In Illinois, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $48.98 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $39.81 from a physician practice, and about $105 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$39.81$30.20 to $53.70
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$105$48.98 to $151

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $105 · 10th to 90th $42 to $288Professionalmedian $40 · 10th to 90th $20 to $141
$20$50$100$200$500facility $105professional $40

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
$30.20
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$109.65
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$54.95
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$21.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$43.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$21.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$6.03
Typical High
$8.71
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$380.19
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$151.36
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$194.98
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$47.86
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$45.71
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$45.71
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$47.86

Where Illinois 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.

Illinois· 15th of 51

$48.98

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.