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Recovery Of Donor Lungs For Transplant

Alaska rates for HCPCS 32850

Covers removing the lungs from a deceased organ donor and cooling and preserving them so they can be taken to the hospital where a transplant is waiting. Timing is critical, because lungs tolerate only a short period outside the body. Placing the lungs into the recipient is a separate operation.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Recovery Of Donor Lungs For Transplant cost?

$1,175

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,175 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $832 from a physician practice, and about $4,266 from a hospital or other facility.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$832$832 to $832
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,266$1,023 to $16,596

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,266 · 10th to 90th $832 to $251,189Professionalmedian $832 · 10th to 90th $60 to $14,125
$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $4,266professional $832

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
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$12,022.64
Typical High
$16,595.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$14,125.38
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,174.90
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$831.76
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,011.87
Median
$251,188.64
Typical High
$346,736.85
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$60.26
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$4,265.80

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 190.5 times more in Wisconsin than in Hawaii. 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.

Alaska· 19th of 51

$1,175

WI $5,623HI $29.51

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.