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Mixed Lymphocyte Culture Donor Match Test

South 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 October 2026.

How much does Mixed Lymphocyte Culture Donor Match Test cost?

$100

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $100 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $93.33 from a physician practice, and about $195 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$93.33$36.31 to $141
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$195$132 to $295

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $195 · 10th to 90th $69 to $380Professionalmedian $93 · 10th to 90th $29 to $141
$20$50$100$200$500facility $195professional $93

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
$28.84
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$28.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$29.51
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$398.11
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$141.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$223.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$52.48
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$93.33
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$114.82
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$43.65
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$67.61
2 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$14.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$5.89

Where South Carolina 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.

South Carolina· 2nd of 51

$100

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.