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Double Lung Transplant With Bypass

South Carolina 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?

$7,249

Typical total for the visit. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,249 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $4,365 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,884 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$4,365$933 to $5,754
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,884$603 to $6,310

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,884 · 10th to 90th $437 to $9,120Professionalmedian $4,365 · 10th to 90th $603 to $7,413
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $2,884professional $4,365

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
$5,754.40
Median
$9,120.11
Typical High
$22,908.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,677.35
Median
$5,754.40
Typical High
$5,754.40
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,168.69
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$6,309.57
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,162.28
Median
$5,754.40
Typical High
$12,882.50
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,265.80
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$6,309.57
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$7,413.10
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$8,709.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,981.07
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$8,511.38
11 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
$2,344.23
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$2,884.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,148.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$3,548.13
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$4,265.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$851.14
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$575.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$3,311.31
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$3,981.07
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$4,265.80
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,698.24
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,174.90
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,174.90
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,174.90

Where South Carolina 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

South Carolina· 35th of 51

$7,249

$4,365 physician + $2,884 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.