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Double Lung Transplant Without Bypass

New Jersey 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?

$4,467

Typical physician fee. In New Jersey, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,467 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $2,630 to $5,129.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,778 · 10th to 90th $347 to $9,120Professionalmedian $4,898 · 10th to 90th $2,630 to $9,333
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $1,778professional $4,898

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,365.16
Median
$6,918.31
Typical High
$12,882.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$5,011.87
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,786.30
Median
$6,606.93
Typical High
$6,760.83
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,011.87
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$12,022.64
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$5,495.41
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,884.03
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$9,772.37
6 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$2,511.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$1,000.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$3,801.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$758.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$501.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$3,548.13

Where New Jersey sits

The same service costs 24.0 times more in Alaska 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.

New Jersey· 39th of 51

$4,467

AK $18,197TX $759

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.