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Preparing A Donor Liver For Transplant

South Carolina 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 July 2026.

How much does Preparing A Donor Liver For Transplant cost?

$427

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $427 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $427 from a physician practice, and about $550 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$427$355 to $562
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$550$427 to $4,571

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $550 · 10th to 90th $355 to $21,878Professionalmedian $427 · 10th to 90th $324 to $955
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $550professional $427

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
$426.58
Median
$9,120.11
Typical High
$22,908.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$1,258.93
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$758.58
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$616.60
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$1,047.13
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$1,202.26
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$223.87
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$9,120.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$660.69

Where South Carolina sits

The same service costs 4.7 times more in New York 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.

South Carolina· 34th of 51

$427

NY $1,622ND $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.