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Preparing A Donor Intestine For Transplant

Louisiana rates for HCPCS 44715

Work done on a donated intestine outside the body, on a side table in the operating room, to make it ready to be transplanted. The team frees and shapes the main artery and vein that supply the intestine so they can be joined to the recipient's blood vessels. The transplant operation itself is charged separately.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Preparing A Donor Intestine For Transplant cost?

$468

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $468 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $389 from a physician practice, and about $2,512 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 3 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$389$339 to $525
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,512$891 to $3,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,512 · 10th to 90th $501 to $4,365Professionalmedian $389 · 10th to 90th $295 to $708
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,512professional $389

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
$501.19
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$741.31
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,202.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$812.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$6,025.60
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$645.65

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 4.6 times more in California than in North Dakota. 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.

Louisiana· 13th of 51

$468

CA $1,585ND $347

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.