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Mixed Lymphocyte Culture Donor Match Test

Oregon 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?

$43.65

Typical negotiated rate. In Oregon, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $43.65 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $52.48 from a physician practice, and about $39.81 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 8 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$52.48$36.31 to $72.44
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$39.81$36.31 to $70.79

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $40 · 10th to 90th $36 to $102Professionalmedian $52 · 10th to 90th $35 to $115
$20.0$100.0$500.0$2.0Kfacility $40professional $52

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
$47.86
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$165.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$239.88
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$204.17
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$72.44
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$93.33
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$51.29
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$114.82
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$74.13
Pacific Source
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$54.95
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$147.91
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$83.18
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$144.54
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$72.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$54.95
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$53.70

Where Oregon 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.

Oregon $43.65 · 26th 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.