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Living Donor Liver Removal, Left Section

Illinois rates for HCPCS 47140

Removes the smaller, left-hand section of the liver from a healthy living donor so that it can be transplanted into another person, most often a child or a small recipient for whom that portion is the right size. The donor's remaining liver grows back toward its normal size over the following months.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Living Donor Liver Removal, Left Section cost?

$3,802

Typical negotiated rate. In Illinois, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,802 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3,802 from a physician practice, and about $1,950 from a hospital or other facility.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$3,802$3,715 to $4,786
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,950$708 to $5,012

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,950 · 10th to 90th $525 to $19,498Professionalmedian $3,802 · 10th to 90th $3,236 to $7,079
$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $1,950professional $3,802

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$9,120.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,467.37
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$3,801.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$1,905.46
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$776.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$2,884.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$575.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$380.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$2,691.53
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19,498.45
Median
$41,686.94
Typical High
$85,113.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,370.32
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$5,370.32
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,801.89
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$16,982.44
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,073.80
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$5,248.07
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$354.81
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$7,079.46
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,467.37
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$7,244.36

Where Illinois sits

The same service costs 27.5 times more in Alaska than in Texas. 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.

Illinois· 37th of 51

$3,802

AK $14,454TX $525

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.