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Back-Table Preparation Of Donor Lung Tissue

Oklahoma 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 July 2026.

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

$1,000

Typical negotiated rate. In Oklahoma, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,000 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $389 from a physician practice, and about $1,622 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$389$363 to $427
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,622$1,000 to $3,890

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,622 · 10th to 90th $389 to $6,457Professionalmedian $389 · 10th to 90th $295 to $646
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,622professional $389

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$6,606.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$389.05
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$426.58
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$575.44
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$5,888.44
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$7,244.36
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$6,165.95
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$616.60

Where Oklahoma sits

The same service costs 933.3 times more in California than in Minnesota. 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.

Oklahoma· 12th of 51

$1,000

CA $6,026MN $6.46

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.