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Back-Table Preparation Of Donor Heart And Lungs

New Jersey 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 July 2026.

How much does Back-Table Preparation Of Donor Heart And Lungs cost?

$1,698

Typical negotiated rate. In New Jersey, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,698 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $562 from a physician practice, and about $6,918 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$562$468 to $3,236
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$6,918$4,571 to $10,233

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,918 · 10th to 90th $3,236 to $11,749Professionalmedian $562 · 10th to 90th $427 to $3,236
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $6,918professional $562

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
$4,466.84
Median
$6,918.31
Typical High
$12,302.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$5,888.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,621.81
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$851.14
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$109.65
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,288.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$10,471.29
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$1,348.96

Where New Jersey sits

The same service costs 18.2 times more in Colorado than in North Dakota. 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.

New Jersey· 13th of 51

$1,698

CO $6,918ND $380

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.