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Mixed Lymphocyte Culture Donor Match Test

Kansas 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?

$47.86

Typical negotiated rate. In Kansas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $47.86 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $31.62 from a physician practice, and about $85.11 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 5 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$31.62$31.62 to $38.90
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$85.11$63.10 to $178

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $85 · 10th to 90th $38 to $234Professionalmedian $32 · 10th to 90th $26 to $95
$20$50$100$200facility $85professional $32

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
$38.90
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$177.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$36.31
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$251.19
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$95.50
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$100.00
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$169.82
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$154.88
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$77.62
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$47.86
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$79.43

Where Kansas sits

The same service costs 3.4 times more in Vermont than in Tennessee. 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.

Kansas· 18th of 51

$47.86

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.