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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 July 2026.

How much does Mixed Lymphocyte Culture Donor Match Test cost?

$66.07

Typical negotiated rate. In New Jersey, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $66.07 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $43.65 from a physician practice, and about $129 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$43.65$30.90 to $66.07
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$129$81.28 to $347

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $129 · 10th to 90th $44 to $4,467Professionalmedian $44 · 10th to 90th $26 to $117
$100.0$1.0K$10.0Kfacility $129professional $44

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
$46.77
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$776.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$117.49
AmeriHealth
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$20,417.38
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$165.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$114.82
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$63.10
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$9,332.54
Typical High
$23,988.33
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$63.10
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$75.86
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$79.43

Where New Jersey 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.

New Jersey $66.07 · 5th 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.