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Combined Heart And Lung Transplant

Kentucky rates for HCPCS 33935

An operation in which a patient's own heart and lungs are removed and replaced with a donor heart and lungs in the same procedure. It is performed for people whose heart and lung disease are both advanced, uses a heart-lung bypass machine, and is followed by intensive care and lifelong medication to prevent rejection.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Combined Heart And Lung Transplant cost?

$5,370

Typical negotiated rate. In Kentucky, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,370 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $5,370 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 6 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$5,370$4,169 to $6,457
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$8,511$4,786 to $10,715

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $8,511 · 10th to 90th $851 to $11,749Professionalmedian $5,370 · 10th to 90th $3,548 to $8,318
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $8,511professional $5,370

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
$851.14
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,677.35
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$10,232.93
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9,549.93
Median
$11,220.18
Typical High
$11,748.98
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,467.37
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$6,606.93
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,265.80
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$7,244.36
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,466.84
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$7,413.10
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,265.80
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$9,332.54
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$28,183.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,630.78
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$10,000.00

Where Kentucky sits

The same service costs 3.9 times more in Alaska than in Oklahoma. 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.

Kentucky· 43rd of 51

$5,370

AK $16,596OK $4,266

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.