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Liver Transplant From A Donor

California rates for HCPCS 47136

Surgery to place a donor liver, whole or in part, into a person whose own liver has failed. The organ may come from a deceased donor or from a living donor, and the operation applies at any age.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Liver Transplant From A Donor cost?

$22,387

Typical physician fee. In California, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $22,387 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $1,698 to $22,387.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $56 · 10th to 90th $55 to $17,783Professionalmedian $22,387 · 10th to 90th $832 to $22,387
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $56professional $22,387

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
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,309.57
Median
$15,135.61
Typical High
$19,054.61
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$831.76
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$17,782.79
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22,387.21
Median
$22,387.21
Typical High
$22,387.21
Optum
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$70.79

Where California sits

The same service costs 851.1 times more in Utah than in South 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.

California· 9th of 40

$22,387

UT $25,704SC $30.20

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.