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Back-Table Preparation Of Donor Lung Tissue

Iowa 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?

$692

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $692 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $631 from a physician practice, and about $2,138 from a hospital or other facility.

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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$631$417 to $871
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,138$661 to $4,266

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,138 · 10th to 90th $479 to $6,607Professionalmedian $631 · 10th to 90th $275 to $5,129
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,138professional $631

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
$478.63
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$831.76
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$5,248.07
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$4,168.69
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$5,888.44
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$7,244.36
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$5,248.07
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$4,466.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$6,918.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$870.96
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$275.42

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 10th of 51

$692

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.