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Recovery Of Donor Lungs For Transplant

Illinois 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 July 2026.

How much does Recovery Of Donor Lungs For Transplant cost?

$871

Typical negotiated rate. In Illinois, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $871 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $832 from a physician practice, and about $2,512 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 6 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$832$832 to $1,072
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,512$1,148 to $5,370

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,512 · 10th to 90th $832 to $9,772Professionalmedian $832 · 10th to 90th $832 to $5,012
$50.0$200.0$1.0K$5.0K$20.0Kfacility $2,512professional $832

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
$831.76
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$2,570.40
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,801.89
Median
$10,000.00
Typical High
$19,054.61
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,479.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$562.34
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$6,918.31
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,023.29
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,122.02
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$7,413.10

Where Illinois sits

The same service costs 13.2 times more in Wisconsin than in Louisiana. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Illinois $871 · 26th of 51
WI $10,965LA $832

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.