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Recovery Of Donor Lungs For Transplant

Rhode Island 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 Rhode Island, 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 $6,457 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 4 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$6,457$3,548 to $9,333

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,457 · 10th to 90th $1,778 to $10,965Professionalmedian $832 · 10th to 90th $832 to $832
$1.0K$2.0K$5.0K$10.0Kfacility $6,457professional $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. 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
Global
Typical Low
$3,715.35
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$3,981.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$831.76
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8,511.38
Median
$9,772.37
Typical High
$10,964.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$588.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$7,244.36
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$794.33

Where Rhode Island 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.

Rhode Island $832 · 27th 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.