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Back-Table Preparation Of Donor Lung Tissue

Massachusetts 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?

$589

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $589 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $589 from a physician practice, and about $525 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$589$407 to $977
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$525$372 to $1,047

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $525 · 10th to 90th $263 to $3,467Professionalmedian $589 · 10th to 90th $339 to $7,244
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $525professional $589

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
$2,691.53
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$5,128.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$1,621.81
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$3,548.13
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$7,244.36
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$812.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,000.00
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,023.29
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$3,311.31
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$575.44
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$4,073.80
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$912.01
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$3,548.13
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$7,244.36
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$4,073.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$1,288.25
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$478.63
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$2,398.83
5 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
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,230.27
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$245.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$162.18
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$512.86
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$660.69

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 19th of 51

$589

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.