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Mixed Lymphocyte Culture Donor Match Test

West 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?

$30.20

Typical negotiated rate. In West Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $30.20 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $29.51 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 4 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$29.51$27.54 to $34.67
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$45.71$30.20 to $54.95

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $46 · 10th to 90th $30 to $55Professionalmedian $30 · 10th to 90th $28 to $35
$20$50$100$200facility $46professional $30

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
$30.20
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$54.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$34.67
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$48.98
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$43.65
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$109.65
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$288.40
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$41.69
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$58.88

Where West Virginia 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.

West Virginia· 49th of 51

$30.20

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.