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Mixed Lymphocyte Culture Donor Match Test

Tennessee 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?

$28.84

Typical negotiated rate. In Tennessee, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $28.84 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $28.84 from a physician practice, and about $56.23 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 5 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$28.84$27.54 to $32.36
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$56.23$34.67 to $135

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $56 · 10th to 90th $28 to $240Professionalmedian $29 · 10th to 90th $28 to $48
$10$20$50$100$200facility $56professional $29

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
$27.54
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$239.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$34.67
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$77.62
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$199.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$79.43
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$346.74
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$38.90
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$79.43

Where Tennessee sits

The same service costs 3.4 times more in Vermont than in Tennessee. 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.

Tennessee· 51st of 51

$28.84

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.