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Mixed Lymphocyte Culture Donor Match Test

Louisiana 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?

$46.77

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $46.77 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $38.90 from a physician practice, and about $81.28 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$38.90$28.84 to $44.67
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$81.28$50.12 to $135

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $81 · 10th to 90th $38 to $209Professionalmedian $39 · 10th to 90th $15 to $79
$20$50$100$200facility $81professional $39

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
$38.90
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$186.21
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$93.33
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$37.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$47.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$23.99
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$9.55
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$208.93
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$85.11
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$331.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$52.48
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$36.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$109.65

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 19th of 51

$46.77

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.