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Mixed Lymphocyte Culture Donor Match Test

Mississippi 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?

$45.71

Typical negotiated rate. In Mississippi, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $45.71 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $41.69 from a physician practice, and about $66.07 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 4 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$41.69$28.84 to $66.07
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$66.07$38.90 to $77.62

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $66 · 10th to 90th $33 to $95Professionalmedian $42 · 10th to 90th $28 to $74
$20.0$50.0$100.0facility $66professional $42

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
$36.31
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$74.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$74.13
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$95.50
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$95.50
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$112.20
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$104.71
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$77.62
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$114.82

Where Mississippi 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.

Mississippi $45.71 · 21st 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.