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Double Lung Transplant Without Bypass

Alaska rates for HCPCS 32853

Replacement of both of a patient's lungs with donor lungs, carried out without putting the patient on the heart-lung machine, so the circulation continues through the body's own heart throughout. The lungs are usually done one after the other, with the remaining lung supporting the patient while the other side is replaced. It is offered for end-stage lung disease affecting both sides.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Double Lung Transplant Without Bypass cost?

$22,463

Typical total for the visit. In Alaska, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $22,463 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $18,197 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,266 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

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.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$18,197$12,023 to $18,197
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,266$1,072 to $16,596

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,266 · 10th to 90th $1,000 to $21,878Professionalmedian $18,197 · 10th to 90th $5,370 to $26,915
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $4,266professional $18,197

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
$9,772.37
Median
$14,125.38
Typical High
$21,379.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,897.79
Median
$16,595.87
Typical High
$21,379.62
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7,244.36
Median
$21,379.62
Typical High
$30,902.95
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,466.84
Median
$21,379.62
Typical High
$30,902.95
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$18,197.01
Median
$18,197.01
Typical High
$18,197.01
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$21,877.62
Median
$21,877.62
Typical High
$30,902.95
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$10,000.00
Typical High
$10,000.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,786.30
Median
$12,302.69
Typical High
$28,840.32

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 8.2 times more in Wisconsin than in Texas. 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.

Physician feeFacility fee

Alaska· 4th of 51

$22,463

$18,197 physician + $4,266 facility

WI $27,380TX $3,355

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.