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Back-Table Preparation Of A Donor Liver

Wisconsin 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 October 2026.

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

$1,047

Typical negotiated rate. In Wisconsin, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,047 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $955 from a physician practice, and about $5,623 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 10 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$955$661 to $2,042
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5,623$1,380 to $8,710

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,623 · 10th to 90th $646 to $14,454Professionalmedian $955 · 10th to 90th $525 to $4,074
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $5,623professional $955

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
$524.81
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$14,454.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$20,417.38
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,011.87
Median
$7,585.78
Typical High
$11,481.54
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$3,548.13
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$2,238.72
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$575.44
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$501.19
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,949.84
DeanCare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$14,791.08
DeanCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$1,513.56
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$18,197.01
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$16,595.87
Network Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$2,089.30
Network Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$1,698.24
Prevea360
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,047.13
Quartz
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,479.11
Quartz
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$3,630.78
Quartz
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,023.29
Security Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$1,905.46
Security Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$2,951.21
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$18,197.01
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$2,290.87
4 more rates 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
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$15,135.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$3,019.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$2,041.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$14,125.38

Where Wisconsin sits

The same service costs 11.7 times more in New York 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.

Wisconsin· 7th of 51

$1,047

NY $3,802NC $324

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.