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Mixed Lymphocyte Culture Donor Match Test

Indiana 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?

$30.20

Typical negotiated rate. In Indiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $30.20 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $26.30 from a physician practice, and about $36.31 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$26.30$18.20 to $39.81
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$36.31$36.31 to $87.10

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $36 · 10th to 90th $30 to $135Professionalmedian $26 · 10th to 90th $18 to $71
$20$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $36professional $26

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
$60.26
Typical High
$134.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$169.82
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$109.65
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$64.57
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$45.71
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$123.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$154.88
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$2,187.76
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$33.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$48.98
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
$15.14
Typical High
$85.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$6.03
Typical High
$33.88

Where Indiana 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.

Indiana· 45th of 51

$30.20

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.