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Recovery Of Donor Heart And Lungs For Transplant

North Carolina 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?

$1,862

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,862 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,862 from a physician practice, and about $2,042 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 6 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$1,862$1,862 to $1,862
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,042$1,862 to $6,310

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,042 · 10th to 90th $1,413 to $8,710Professionalmedian $1,862 · 10th to 90th $1,862 to $1,862
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,042professional $1,862

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
$1,288.25
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$8,709.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$1,862.09
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$60.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$346.74
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$2,818.38
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$7,079.46
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$56.23
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11,748.98
Median
$11,748.98
Typical High
$11,748.98

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 29th of 51

$1,862

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.