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Recovery Of Donor Lungs For Transplant

Minnesota 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?

$1,479

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,479 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,479 from a physician practice, and about $2,399 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$1,479$1,288 to $1,660
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,399$1,479 to $5,888

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,399 · 10th to 90th $1,479 to $6,310Professionalmedian $1,479 · 10th to 90th $933 to $2,512
$1.0K$2.0K$5.0K$10.0K$20.0Kfacility $2,399professional $1,479

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
$831.76
Typical High
$831.76
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$933.25
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$8,317.64
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$1,479.11
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$7,585.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$3,548.13
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$5,888.44
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$3,019.95
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$8,128.31
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$8,511.38

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota $1,479 · 15th 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.