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Mixed Lymphocyte Culture Donor Match Test

Montana 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?

$52.48

Typical negotiated rate. In Montana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $52.48 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $47.86 from a physician practice, and about $58.88 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 5 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$47.86$41.69 to $110
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$58.88$45.71 to $100

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $59 · 10th to 90th $36 to $138Professionalmedian $48 · 10th to 90th $33 to $240
$20$50$100$200facility $59professional $48

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$239.88
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$208.93
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$52.48
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$112.20
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$112.20
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$208.93
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$52.48
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$36.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$77.62

Where Montana sits

The same service costs 3.4 times more in Vermont than in Tennessee. 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.

Montana· 13th of 51

$52.48

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.