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Back-Table Preparation Of A Donor Liver

Arkansas rates for HCPCS 47144

Preparation of a donated liver at a side table in the operating room, after it has been recovered from the donor and before it is placed into the recipient. The surgeon trims the graft free of surrounding tissue and prepares its arteries, veins and bile duct so they are ready to be connected.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Back-Table Preparation Of A Donor Liver cost?

$501

Typical negotiated rate. In Arkansas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $501 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $501 from a physician practice, and about $1,698 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 3 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$501$447 to $776
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,698$589 to $1,820

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,698 · 10th to 90th $372 to $2,512Professionalmedian $501 · 10th to 90th $372 to $2,754
$500$1K$2Kfacility $1,698professional $501

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
$371.54
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$2,511.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$2,754.23
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$562.34
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$977.24
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$2,570.40
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$851.14

Where Arkansas sits

The same service costs 6.8 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.

Arkansas· 42nd of 51

$501

CA $2,399NC $355

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.