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Recovery Of Donor Lungs For Transplant

New York 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?

$3,890

Typical negotiated rate. In New York, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,890 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2,884 from a physician practice, and about $7,079 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 7 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$2,884$832 to $3,548
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$7,079$4,074 to $9,772

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,079 · 10th to 90th $2,239 to $14,125Professionalmedian $2,884 · 10th to 90th $832 to $5,495
$100.0$1.0K$10.0Kfacility $7,079professional $2,884

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
$870.96
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$10,964.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,258.93
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,466.84
Median
$8,317.64
Typical High
$16,218.10
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$6,760.83
CDPHP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$37,153.52
Median
$37,153.52
Typical High
$37,153.52
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$7,762.47
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$4,365.16
Emblem Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$3,630.78
MVP Health Care
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50,118.72
Median
$53,703.18
Typical High
$75,857.76
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$398.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$9,332.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$15,848.93
Typical High
$19,498.45

Where New York 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.

New York $3,890 · 6th 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.