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Mixed Lymphocyte Culture Donor Match Test

North Carolina 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?

$32.36

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $32.36 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $29.51 from a physician practice, and about $48.98 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$29.51$29.51 to $41.69
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$48.98$32.36 to $132

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $49 · 10th to 90th $30 to $646Professionalmedian $30 · 10th to 90th $28 to $49
$20.0$50.0$100.0$200.0$500.0facility $49professional $30

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
$29.51
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$645.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$47.86
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$251.19
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$74.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$165.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$75.86
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$169.82
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$109.65
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$141.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$97.72
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$79.43
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$346.74

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina $32.36 · 44th 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.