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Recovery Of Donor Heart And Lungs For Transplant

Colorado rates for HCPCS 33930

Covers removing the heart and the lungs together as a single block from an organ donor, then cooling and preserving them for transport to the hospital where a transplant is waiting. Taking the organs as one unit keeps the natural connections between heart and lungs intact. Placing them into the recipient is a separate operation.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Recovery Of Donor Heart And Lungs For Transplant cost?

$7,586

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,586 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,905 from a physician practice, and about $11,482 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$1,905$1,905 to $2,818
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$11,482$7,244 to $16,218

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $11,482 · 10th to 90th $3,236 to $24,547Professionalmedian $1,905 · 10th to 90th $1,862 to $4,074
$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $11,482professional $1,905

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
$1,905.46
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$10,715.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$1,905.46
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,585.78
Median
$15,488.17
Typical High
$27,542.29
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$4,786.30
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$5,370.32
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$3,548.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$10,715.19

Where Colorado sits

The same service costs 6.2 times more in Wisconsin than in Vermont. 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.

Colorado· 3rd of 51

$7,586

WI $11,482VT $1,862

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.