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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 July 2026.

How much does Mixed Lymphocyte Culture Donor Match Test cost?

$44.67

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $44.67 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $43.65 from a physician practice, and about $50.12 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$43.65$36.31 to $46.77
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$50.12$44.67 to $95.50

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $50 · 10th to 90th $39 to $151Professionalmedian $44 · 10th to 90th $28 to $74
$5.0$10.0$20.0$50.0$100.0$200.0facility $50professional $44

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
$48.98
Typical High
$131.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$74.13
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$208.93
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$107.15
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$338.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$52.48
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$67.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$79.43

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 3.4 times more in Vermont than in Tennessee. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Louisiana $44.67 · 22nd of 51
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.