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Mixed Lymphocyte Culture Donor Match Test

Massachusetts 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?

$53.70

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $53.70 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $36.31 from a physician practice, and about $89.13 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 8 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$36.31$36.31 to $60.26
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$89.13$57.54 to $129

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $89 · 10th to 90th $36 to $240Professionalmedian $36 · 10th to 90th $35 to $117
$10.0$100.0$1.0K$10.0Kfacility $89professional $36

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
$50.12
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$316.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$251.19
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$346.74
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$97.72
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$144.54
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$72.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$147.91
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$95.50
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$7,079.46
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$61.66
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$112.20
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$346.74
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$97.72
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$83.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$117.49

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts $53.70 · 11th 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.