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Combined Heart And Lung Transplant

North Carolina 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?

$5,495

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,495 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $5,495 from a physician practice, and about $6,166 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$5,495$4,786 to $10,000
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$6,166$4,786 to $8,710

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,166 · 10th to 90th $1,660 to $19,055Professionalmedian $5,495 · 10th to 90th $3,631 to $13,490
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $6,166professional $5,495

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
$1,659.59
Median
$7,762.47
Typical High
$19,054.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,786.30
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$12,022.64
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,630.78
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$13,489.63
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,786.30
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$9,120.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$7,079.46
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,548.13
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$12,022.64
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$30,199.52
Typical High
$30,199.52
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38,018.94
Median
$38,018.94
Typical High
$40,738.03

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 34th of 51

$5,495

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.