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Combined Heart And Lung Transplant

South Dakota 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?

$8,511

Typical negotiated rate. In South Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8,511 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $8,511 from a physician practice, and about $4,786 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 7 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$8,511$5,012 to $10,471
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,786$4,365 to $6,761

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,786 · 10th to 90th $1,995 to $12,303Professionalmedian $8,511 · 10th to 90th $4,571 to $13,183
$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,786professional $8,511

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,365.16
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$4,786.30
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,570.88
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$5,011.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10,471.29
Median
$10,471.29
Typical High
$13,182.57
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$6,606.93
Typical High
$12,589.25
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,265.80
Median
$8,511.38
Typical High
$37,153.52
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10,471.29
Median
$10,964.78
Typical High
$10,964.78
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,677.35
Median
$8,128.31
Typical High
$9,332.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$1,995.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,365.16
Median
$9,332.54
Typical High
$13,182.57
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9,549.93
Median
$11,220.18
Typical High
$11,748.98

Where South Dakota 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.

South Dakota· 13th of 51

$8,511

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.