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Back-Table Preparation Of Donor Heart And Lungs

South Carolina 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?

$550

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $550 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $501 from a physician practice, and about $6,310 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$501$389 to $550
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$6,310$550 to $21,878

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,310 · 10th to 90th $550 to $22,909Professionalmedian $501 · 10th to 90th $389 to $550
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $6,310professional $501

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
$549.54
Median
$9,120.11
Typical High
$22,908.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$549.54
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$288.40
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,230.27
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$3,890.45
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$9,120.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$691.83

Where South Carolina 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.

South Carolina· 39th of 51

$550

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.