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Back-Table Preparation Of Donor Heart And Lungs

Alabama rates for HCPCS 33933

Preparation of a donated heart and lungs at a side table in the operating room, after they have been recovered from the donor and before they are transplanted. The surgeon frees the organs from surrounding tissue and shapes the major blood vessels and the windpipe 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 Heart And Lungs cost?

$813

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $813 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $537 from a physician practice, and about $7,244 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$537$363 to $708
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$7,244$955 to $7,244

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,244 · 10th to 90th $513 to $7,244Professionalmedian $537 · 10th to 90th $224 to $708
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $7,244professional $537

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
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,630.27
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$707.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$537.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$107.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$70.79
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7,244.36
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$7,244.36
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,202.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$676.08
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$3,801.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$537.03

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 7.1 times more in Wisconsin than in New York. 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.

Alabama· 16th of 51

$813

WI $1,738NY $245

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.