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Bench Preparation of a Donor Heart

South Dakota rates for HCPCS 33944

Preparation of a donated heart before it is transplanted. Working at a side table in the operating room, the surgical team inspects and trims the organ and its major vessels so it is ready to be sewn into the person receiving it. It is a preparation step separate from the transplant operation itself.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Bench Preparation of a Donor Heart cost?

$479

Typical negotiated rate. In South Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $479 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $479 from a physician practice, and about $851 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$479$324 to $676
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$851$468 to $4,365

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $851 · 10th to 90th $309 to $4,365Professionalmedian $479 · 10th to 90th $282 to $851
$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $851professional $479

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
$309.03
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$354.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$851.14
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,995.26
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$3,715.35
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$691.83
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
$239.88
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$575.44
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,715.35
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$4,466.84

Where South Dakota sits

The same service costs 26.9 times more in Colorado than in Hawaii. 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· 28th of 51

$479

CO $6,761HI $251

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.