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Recovery Of Donor Lungs For Transplant

Mississippi 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?

$2,138

Typical negotiated rate. In Mississippi, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,138 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3,548 from a physician practice, and about $891 from a hospital or other facility.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$3,548$3,548 to $5,012
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$891$562 to $1,230

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $891 · 10th to 90th $372 to $2,884Professionalmedian $3,548 · 10th to 90th $50 to $5,012
$20$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $891professional $3,548

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$5,011.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,011.87
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$5,011.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$2,454.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,000.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$3,715.35
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$3,715.35
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$741.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$501.19
BCBS Mississippi
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,548.13
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$3,548.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,202.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$2,818.38
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$50.12
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$3,090.30

Where Mississippi 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.

Mississippi· 7th of 51

$2,138

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.