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Back-Table Preparation Of Donor Lung Tissue

Montana 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?

$537

Typical negotiated rate. In Montana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $537 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $501 from a physician practice, and about $550 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$501$355 to $575
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$550$537 to $589

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $550 · 10th to 90th $537 to $813Professionalmedian $501 · 10th to 90th $79 to $575
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $550professional $501

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
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$831.76
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$575.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$575.44
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$630.96
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$575.44
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$575.44
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$575.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,862.09
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$794.33

Where Montana 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.

Montana· 26th of 51

$537

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.