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Liver Recovery From A Deceased Donor

Kentucky rates for HCPCS 47133

Removes the whole liver from a deceased organ donor so it can be transplanted. The work includes flushing and cooling the organ to preserve it for transport. It covers the donor operation only.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Liver Recovery From A Deceased Donor cost?

$2,630

Typical negotiated rate. In Kentucky, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,630 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2,570 from a physician practice, and about $7,244 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$2,570$1,995 to $3,890
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$7,244$1,995 to $10,715

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,244 · 10th to 90th $851 to $11,220Professionalmedian $2,570 · 10th to 90th $1,995 to $5,623
$100$1K$10Kfacility $7,244professional $2,570

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
$1,995.26
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$6,456.54
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,606.93
Median
$10,715.19
Typical High
$11,220.18
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$5,370.32
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$53,703.18
Median
$53,703.18
Typical High
$61,659.50
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$4,365.16
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$5,248.07
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$3,019.95
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$28,183.83

Where Kentucky sits

The same service costs 4.2 times more in California than in North Carolina. 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· 7th of 51

$2,630

CA $7,079NC $1,698

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.