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Mixed Lymphocyte Culture Donor Match Test

Virginia 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?

$29.51

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $29.51 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $25.12 from a physician practice, and about $58.88 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$25.12$19.05 to $34.67
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$58.88$36.31 to $95.50

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $59 · 10th to 90th $35 to $200Professionalmedian $25 · 10th to 90th $18 to $65
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $59professional $25

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
$27.54
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$95.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$34.67
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$177.83
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$28.18
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$79.43
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$223.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$52.48
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$53.70
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$109.65
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$114.82
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$112.20
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$10,232.93
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$10,232.93
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$43.65
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$58.88
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
$13.80
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$17.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$6.76
Typical High
$6.92

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 47th of 51

$29.51

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.