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Tissue Match Test Using Primed Cell Culture

Massachusetts rates for HCPCS 86822

A laboratory test that checks tissue compatibility by growing prepared white blood cells in culture and watching how they react. The reaction shows how closely tissue types match.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Tissue Match Test Using Primed Cell Culture cost?

$39.81

Typical facility fee. In Massachusetts, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $39.81 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $19.95 to $60.26.

Few insurers publish rates for this combination, so treat this figure as a rough guide.

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 3 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $35 · 10th to 90th $20 to $60Professionalmedian $58 · 10th to 90th $58 to $72
$20$50facility $35professional $58

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$60.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$72.44
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$60.26

Where Massachusetts sits

The same service costs 3.2 times more in South Dakota than in South Carolina. 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.

Massachusetts· 45th of 50

$39.81

SD $95.50SC $30.20

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.