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Mixed Lymphocyte Culture Donor Match Test

Minnesota 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?

$39.81

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $39.81 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $39.81 from a physician practice, and about $39.81 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$39.81$34.67 to $44.67
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$39.81$34.67 to $120

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $40 · 10th to 90th $35 to $269Professionalmedian $40 · 10th to 90th $30 to $78
$20$50$100$200$500facility $40professional $40

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
$34.67
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$34.67
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$43.65
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$309.03
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$36.31
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$338.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$70.79
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$269.15
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$70.79
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$346.74
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$95.50
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$43.65
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$93.33
4 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$17.38
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$6.92
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$21.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$8.71

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 32nd of 51

$39.81

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.