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Preparing A Donor Liver For Transplant

Michigan rates for HCPCS 47143

Work done on a donated liver at a side table in the operating room before it is placed into the recipient. The surgeon trims away surrounding fat and tissue, removes the gallbladder, and cleans up the blood vessels and bile duct so they are ready to be joined. This covers a liver prepared as one complete organ rather than divided into portions.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Preparing A Donor Liver For Transplant cost?

$479

Typical negotiated rate. In Michigan, October 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 $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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$479$447 to $724
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,950$794 to $2,630

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,950 · 10th to 90th $468 to $3,631Professionalmedian $479 · 10th to 90th $148 to $776
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,950professional $479

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
$446.68
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$6,918.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$446.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$338.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$67.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$44.67
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$3,388.44
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$776.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$741.31
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$4,897.79
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$776.25
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$346.74
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$69.18
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$46.77
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$660.69
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$3,311.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$812.83
1 more rate with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$47.86

Where Michigan sits

The same service costs 15.1 times more in New York 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.

Michigan· 25th of 51

$479

NY $3,802HI $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.