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Double Lung Transplant With Bypass

Pennsylvania 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?

$5,903

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,903 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $5,012 to the doctor who performs it, and $891 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$5,012$4,677 to $7,079
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$891$447 to $4,266

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $891 · 10th to 90th $240 to $7,244Professionalmedian $5,012 · 10th to 90th $4,074 to $9,333
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $891professional $5,012

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
$831.76
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,677.35
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$5,128.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$3,548.13
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,981.07
Median
$28,183.83
Typical High
$56,234.13
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,786.30
Median
$7,585.78
Typical High
$9,772.37
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$3,630.78
Median
$5,754.40
Typical High
$7,413.10
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7,079.46
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$7,943.28
Geisinger
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,388.44
Median
$5,754.40
Typical High
$8,912.51
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$8,709.64
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,677.35
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$5,128.61
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$3,548.13
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$7,943.28
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,715.35
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$4,677.35
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,715.35
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$4,677.35
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,890.45
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$9,772.37
10 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
$2,290.87
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$2,570.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,023.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$3,467.37
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$3,801.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$758.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$512.86
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$2,570.40
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,023.29
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$3,467.37
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$3,801.89
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$758.58
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$512.86

Where Pennsylvania 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

Pennsylvania· 45th of 51

$5,903

$5,012 physician + $891 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.