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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 July 2026.

How much does Mixed Lymphocyte Culture Donor Match Test cost?

$50.12

Typical negotiated rate. In Illinois, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $50.12 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $37.15 from a physician practice, and about $60.26 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 6 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$37.15$30.20 to $72.44
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$60.26$38.02 to $83.18

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $60 · 10th to 90th $32 to $174Professionalmedian $37 · 10th to 90th $28 to $123
$10.0$20.0$50.0$100.0$200.0$500.0facility $60professional $37

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
$30.20
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$100.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$77.62
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$380.19
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$169.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$87.10
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$229.09
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$47.86
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$25.70
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$72.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$47.86

Where Illinois 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.

Illinois $50.12 · 16th 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.