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Mixed Lymphocyte Culture Donor Match Test

Washington 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?

$34.67

Typical negotiated rate. In Washington, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $34.67 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $33.11 from a physician practice, and about $54.95 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$33.11$28.84 to $36.31
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$54.95$39.81 to $72.44

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $55 · 10th to 90th $36 to $100Professionalmedian $33 · 10th to 90th $15 to $49
$20$50$100facility $55professional $33

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
$34.67
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$112.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$43.65
Asuris Northwest Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$100.00
Asuris Northwest Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$36.31
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$93.33
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$72.44
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$32.36
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$74.13
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$114.82
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$43.65
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$100.00
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$36.31
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$43.65
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$40.74
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$66.07
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
$17.38
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$21.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$8.71

Where Washington 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.

Washington· 42nd of 51

$34.67

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.