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Double Lung Transplant With Bypass

Georgia 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?

$8,047

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8,047 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $6,310 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,738 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$6,310$5,248 to $7,586
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,738$759 to $4,571

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,738 · 10th to 90th $525 to $12,882Professionalmedian $6,310 · 10th to 90th $3,981 to $9,333
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $1,738professional $6,310

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
$5,248.07
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,248.07
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$6,025.60
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$16,218.10
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,981.07
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$8,511.38
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$2,884.03
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$5,370.32
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,412.54
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,202.26
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,677.35
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$7,079.46
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$3,981.07
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,981.07
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$13,803.84
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
$2,630.27
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$3,019.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,202.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$3,981.07
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$4,466.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$912.01
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$602.56
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$3,715.35
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$4,168.69

Where Georgia 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

Georgia· 28th of 51

$8,047

$6,310 physician + $1,738 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.