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Double Lung Transplant With Bypass

Minnesota 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?

$17,646

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $17,646 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $10,233 to the doctor who performs it, and $7,413 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$10,233$8,128 to $14,125
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$7,413$3,311 to $11,482

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,413 · 10th to 90th $1,122 to $20,417Professionalmedian $10,233 · 10th to 90th $5,623 to $18,621
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20K$50K$100Kfacility $7,413professional $10,233

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
$4,786.30
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$4,786.30
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$3,630.78
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$3,630.78
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$724.44
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$3,388.44
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$3,388.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,786.30
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$5,754.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$3,630.78
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$870.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$3,388.44
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$4,073.80
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9,549.93
Median
$20,417.38
Typical High
$50,118.72
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7,585.78
Median
$10,232.93
Typical High
$16,595.87
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$6,165.95
Median
$8,128.31
Typical High
$13,182.57
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$3,311.31
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$6,456.54
Median
$8,511.38
Typical High
$14,125.38
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7,244.36
Median
$11,220.18
Typical High
$21,379.62
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8,511.38
Median
$12,882.50
Typical High
$20,417.38
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6,456.54
Median
$10,471.29
Typical High
$18,197.01
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7,244.36
Median
$11,748.98
Typical High
$17,782.79
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$8,128.31
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,623.41
Median
$10,715.19
Typical High
$154,881.66
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$3,630.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,011.87
Median
$9,549.93
Typical High
$19,952.62
7 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$2,398.83
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$954.99
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$478.63
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$2,884.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,148.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$575.44
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$4,786.30
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$10,232.93

Where Minnesota 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

Minnesota· 5th of 51

$17,646

$10,233 physician + $7,413 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.