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Recovery Of Donor Lungs For Transplant

Nebraska 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?

$3,467

Typical negotiated rate. In Nebraska, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,467 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $5,012 from a physician practice, and about $3,236 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$5,012$5,012 to $5,012
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,236$631 to $11,482

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,236 · 10th to 90th $537 to $33,113Professionalmedian $5,012 · 10th to 90th $1,778 to $5,012
$100$1K$10Kfacility $3,236professional $5,012

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

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,011.87
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$21,877.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,011.87
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$5,011.87
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$24,547.09
Median
$33,113.11
Typical High
$67,608.30
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,238.72
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$3,715.35
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7,244.36
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$7,244.36
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$3,801.89

Where Nebraska 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.

Nebraska· 2nd of 51

$3,467

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.