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Recovery Of Donor Lungs For Transplant

North Carolina 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?

$832

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $832 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $832 from a physician practice, and about $1,585 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$832$832 to $832
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,585$832 to $5,495

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,585 · 10th to 90th $832 to $8,710Professionalmedian $832 · 10th to 90th $832 to $832
$50.0$200.0$1.0K$5.0Kfacility $1,585professional $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
$1,659.59
Typical High
$8,709.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$831.76
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$60.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$1,412.54
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,412.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$7,079.46
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19,498.45
Median
$19,498.45
Typical High
$19,498.45
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$56.23
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,413.10
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$7,413.10

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina $832 · 28th 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.