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Recovery Of Donor Lungs For Transplant

Indiana 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?

$2,188

Typical negotiated rate. In Indiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,188 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $832 from a physician practice, and about $20,417 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$832$832 to $1,445
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$20,417$11,482 to $28,184

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $20,417 · 10th to 90th $4,898 to $31,623Professionalmedian $832 · 10th to 90th $832 to $2,188
$200.0$1.0K$5.0K$20.0Kfacility $20,417professional $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
$1,380.38
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$4,897.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$912.01
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10,000.00
Median
$23,988.33
Typical High
$31,622.78
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$2,290.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$3,630.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$12,882.50
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$1,621.81

Where Indiana 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.

Indiana $2,188 · 9th 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.