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Monitoring Donor Lungs On A Perfusion Machine

California rates for HCPCS 0495T

A clinician starts up and then monitors a circuit that keeps donor lungs warm, ventilated and perfused outside the body, assessing how well they work. Pressures, flows, gas exchange and lung stiffness are measured and recorded, and examinations such as a scope inspection of the airways or an X-ray may be done as part of the assessment. This covers the initial period of that monitoring.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Monitoring Donor Lungs On A Perfusion Machine cost?

$468

Typical negotiated rate. In California, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $468 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $389 from a physician practice, and about $4,898 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$389$355 to $977
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,898$851 to $21,380

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,898 · 10th to 90th $550 to $199,526Professionalmedian $389 · 10th to 90th $309 to $2,818
$1K$10K$100Kfacility $4,898professional $389

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
$933.25
Median
$8,128.31
Typical High
$19,054.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$338.84
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,370.32
Median
$6,918.31
Typical High
$11,220.18
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$645.65
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$28,840.32
Typical High
$34,673.69
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$407.38
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$2,818.38
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151,356.12
Median
$151,356.12
Typical High
$251,188.64
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$346.74
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$11,748.98
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$1,258.93
5 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
$141.25
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$162.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$64.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$245.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$48.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$32.36

Where California sits

The same service costs 6.3 times more in Texas than in Pennsylvania. 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.

California· 25th of 51

$468

TX $1,995PA $316

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.