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Recovery Of Donor Lungs For Transplant

Missouri 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?

$3,388

Typical negotiated rate. In Missouri, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,388 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. 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 5 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 $832
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,266$2,512 to $5,623

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,266 · 10th to 90th $1,549 to $8,511Professionalmedian $832 · 10th to 90th $832 to $5,012
$100.0$500.0$2.0K$10.0Kfacility $4,266professional $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
$4,265.80
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$5,011.87
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$8,317.64
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$602.56
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$9,772.37
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,244.36
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$7,244.36
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$10,964.78

Where Missouri 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.

Missouri $3,388 · 7th 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.