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Double Lung Transplant With Bypass

Connecticut rates for HCPCS 32854

Replacement of both of a patient's lungs with donor lungs, with the heart-lung machine taking over the circulation and gas exchange during the operation. Support from the machine is used when the patient cannot tolerate having the lungs worked on one at a time. It is offered for end-stage lung disease affecting both sides.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Double Lung Transplant With Bypass cost?

$11,984

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $11,984 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $7,413 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,571 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$7,413$5,888 to $8,913
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,571$1,259 to $9,120

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,571 · 10th to 90th $676 to $33,113Professionalmedian $7,413 · 10th to 90th $4,266 to $11,749
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $4,571professional $7,413

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
$5,754.40
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,801.89
Median
$8,912.51
Typical High
$8,912.51
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$30,902.95
Typical High
$36,307.81
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,677.35
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$10,964.78
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$6,918.31
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,737.80
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,548.82
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,495.41
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$8,912.51
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$7,413.10
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,715.35
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$13,489.63
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
$2,570.40
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$4,466.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$1,778.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$3,801.89
Median
$6,606.93
Typical High
$6,606.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,348.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$891.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$3,548.13
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$6,165.95

Where Connecticut sits

The same service costs 8.4 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

Connecticut· 13th of 51

$11,984

$7,413 physician + $4,571 facility

WI $28,671TX $3,407

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.