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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 July 2026.

How much does Recovery Of Donor Lungs For Transplant cost?

$5,012

Typical negotiated rate. In Mississippi, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,012 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $5,012 from a physician practice, and about $1,622 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$5,012$3,548 to $5,012
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,622$955 to $2,818

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,622 · 10th to 90th $759 to $5,012Professionalmedian $5,012 · 10th to 90th $832 to $5,012
$100.0$1.0K$10.0Kfacility $1,622professional $5,012

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
$758.58
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$5,011.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$5,011.87
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,548.13
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$3,548.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,000.00
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$2,818.38
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$50.12
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$3,981.07

Where Mississippi 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.

Mississippi $5,012 · 4th 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.