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Mixed Lymphocyte Culture Donor Match Test

Kentucky 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?

$43.65

Typical negotiated rate. In Kentucky, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $43.65 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $47.86 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$47.86$23.44 to $66.07
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$36.31$29.51 to $53.70

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $36 · 10th to 90th $23 to $54Professionalmedian $48 · 10th to 90th $18 to $78
$10$20$50$100$200facility $36professional $48

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$30.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$36.31
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$38.02
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$77.62
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$51.29
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$72.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$77.62
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$288.40
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$72.44
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
$4.27
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$18.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1.70
Median
$6.17
Typical High
$7.24

Where Kentucky 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.

Kentucky· 24th of 51

$43.65

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.