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Mixed Lymphocyte Culture Donor Match Test

Michigan 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?

$34.67

Typical negotiated rate. In Michigan, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $34.67 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $34.67 from a physician practice, and about $34.67 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 6 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$34.67$29.51 to $36.31
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$34.67$34.67 to $43.65

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $35 · 10th to 90th $33 to $63Professionalmedian $35 · 10th to 90th $28 to $49
$10.0$20.0$50.0$100.0$200.0facility $35professional $35

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
$33.11
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$63.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$43.65
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$72.44
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$27.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$52.48
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$186.21
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$102.33
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$51.29
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$36.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$66.07

Where Michigan 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.

Michigan $34.67 · 41st 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.