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Recovery Of Donor Lungs For Transplant

Ohio 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?

$2,138

Typical negotiated rate. In Ohio, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,138 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,738 from a physician practice, and about $5,623 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$1,738$912 to $2,512
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5,623$3,715 to $10,715

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,623 · 10th to 90th $1,514 to $12,589Professionalmedian $1,738 · 10th to 90th $832 to $5,012
$50.0$200.0$1.0K$5.0K$20.0Kfacility $5,623professional $1,738

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
$1,513.56
Median
$8,912.51
Typical High
$12,589.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$8,912.51
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$21,877.62
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$3,090.30
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21,379.62
Median
$21,379.62
Typical High
$21,379.62
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$630.96
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21,379.62
Median
$21,379.62
Typical High
$21,379.62
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$630.96
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$60.26
SummaCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$75.86
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$6,165.95

Where Ohio 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.

Ohio $2,138 · 11th 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.