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Back-Table Preparation Of Donor Lung Tissue

Hawaii rates for HCPCS 32856

Preparation of donated lung tissue after it has been recovered from the donor and before it is placed into the recipient. Working at a side table in the operating room, the surgeon frees the graft from surrounding tissue and shapes the airway and the blood vessel openings so they are ready to be joined to the recipient's own structures.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Back-Table Preparation Of Donor Lung Tissue cost?

$240

Typical physician fee. In Hawaii, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $240 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $224 to $447.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,202 · 10th to 90th $1,148 to $2,818Professionalmedian $240 · 10th to 90th $30 to $912
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $1,202professional $240

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$2,818.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$1,621.81
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$302.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$2,511.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$912.01
University Health Alliance
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$239.88

Where Hawaii sits

The same service costs 9.8 times more in Indiana than in Hawaii. 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.

Hawaii· 51st of 51

$240

IN $2,344HI $240

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.