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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 July 2026.

How much does Mixed Lymphocyte Culture Donor Match Test cost?

$36.31

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $36.31 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $36.31 from a physician practice, and about $97.72 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$36.31$36.31 to $41.69
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$97.72$36.31 to $158

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $98 · 10th to 90th $36 to $269Professionalmedian $36 · 10th to 90th $30 to $55
$20.0$50.0$100.0$200.0$500.0facility $98professional $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
$34.67
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$34.67
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$109.65
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$234.42
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$36.31
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$338.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$70.79
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$269.15
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$70.79
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$346.74
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$91.20
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$43.65
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$85.11

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota $36.31 · 34th 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.