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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 July 2026.

How much does Mixed Lymphocyte Culture Donor Match Test cost?

$34.67

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $34.67 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $27.54 from a physician practice, and about $45.71 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$27.54$27.54 to $34.67
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$45.71$36.31 to $100

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $46 · 10th to 90th $35 to $214Professionalmedian $28 · 10th to 90th $18 to $100
$10.0$100.0$1.0K$10.0Kfacility $46professional $28

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
$34.67
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$338.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$89.13
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$144.54
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$28.18
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$398.11
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$204.17
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$97.72
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$53.70
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$109.65
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$47.86
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$112.20
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$10,000.00
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$10,000.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$97.72
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$58.88

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia $34.67 · 38th 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.