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Recovery Of Donor Lungs For Transplant

Virginia 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?

$933

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $933 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $832 from a physician practice, and about $4,786 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$832$832 to $1,096
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,786$2,089 to $7,244

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,786 · 10th to 90th $832 to $11,220Professionalmedian $832 · 10th to 90th $832 to $2,188
$500.0$1.0K$2.0K$5.0K$10.0Kfacility $4,786professional $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
$5,248.07
Typical High
$14,791.08
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
$9,772.37
Median
$11,220.18
Typical High
$12,302.69
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,548.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$912.01
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,311.31
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$4,168.69
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,513.56
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$10,964.78
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$10,964.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$7,079.46

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia $933 · 24th 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.