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Recovery Of Donor Heart And Lungs For Transplant

Nebraska 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?

$4,365

Typical negotiated rate. In Nebraska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,365 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,862 from a physician practice, and about $8,511 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$1,862$1,862 to $1,862
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$8,511$7,586 to $13,490

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $8,511 · 10th to 90th $4,365 to $14,454Professionalmedian $1,862 · 10th to 90th $1,862 to $1,862
$2.0K$5.0K$10.0K$20.0Kfacility $8,511professional $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
$6,025.60
Median
$8,511.38
Typical High
$14,454.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$1,862.09
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9,332.54
Median
$12,302.69
Typical High
$23,988.33
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$3,162.28
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$7,943.28
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11,481.54
Median
$11,481.54
Typical High
$11,481.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$8,128.31

Where Nebraska sits

The same service costs 6.2 times more in Wisconsin than in Vermont. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Nebraska $4,365 · 4th of 51
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.