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Mixed Lymphocyte Culture Donor Match Test

New Jersey 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?

$43.65

Typical negotiated rate. In New Jersey, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $43.65 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $28.18 from a physician practice, and about $170 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$28.18$25.70 to $43.65
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$170$81.28 to $708

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $170 · 10th to 90th $42 to $13,490Professionalmedian $28 · 10th to 90th $20 to $56
$100$1K$10Kfacility $170professional $28

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
$43.65
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$109.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$60.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$29.51
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$12.02
AmeriHealth
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$22,387.21
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$177.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$114.82
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$63.10
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$295.12
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$25.70
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$43.65

Where New Jersey 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.

New Jersey· 25th of 51

$43.65

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.