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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 October 2026.

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

$537

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $537 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $389 from a physician practice, and about $871 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$389$204 to $550
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$871$550 to $4,074

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $871 · 10th to 90th $437 to $8,511Professionalmedian $389 · 10th to 90th $204 to $676
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $871professional $389

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
$549.54
Median
$9,120.11
Typical High
$22,908.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$549.54
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$239.88
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,905.46
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,148.15
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$741.31
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$562.34
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$8,709.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$676.08
3 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$407.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$83.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$54.95

Where South Carolina 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.

South Carolina· 44th of 51

$537

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.