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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 October 2026.

How much does Mixed Lymphocyte Culture Donor Match Test cost?

$158

Typical negotiated rate. In Kansas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $158 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $45.71 from a physician practice, and about $166 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$45.71$21.88 to $95.50
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$166$158 to $234

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $166 · 10th to 90th $68 to $251Professionalmedian $46 · 10th to 90th $22 to $95
$20$50$100$200facility $166professional $46

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
$36.31
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$177.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$38.90
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$251.19
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$95.50
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$100.00
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$169.82
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$154.88
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$74.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$36.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$21.88
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
$15.85
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$19.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$7.76

Where Kansas 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.

Kansas· 1st of 51

$158

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.