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Bench Preparation of a Donor Liver

Alabama rates for HCPCS 47145

Work done on a donated liver at a side table in the operating room, after it has been removed from the donor and before it is transplanted. The organ is inspected and prepared, its blood vessels and bile duct identified and made ready for connection, and it is divided so that a portion can be transplanted. It is charged separately from the transplant operation itself.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Bench Preparation of a Donor Liver cost?

$589

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $589 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $525 from a physician practice, and about $3,548 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 4 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$525$457 to $1,000
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,548$1,259 to $7,943

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,548 · 10th to 90th $813 to $9,550Professionalmedian $525 · 10th to 90th $380 to $6,310
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,548professional $525

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
$954.99
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,398.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$6,309.57
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,760.83
Median
$8,128.31
Typical High
$10,964.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,230.27
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$5,248.07
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$851.14

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 13.8 times more in Rhode Island 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.

Alabama· 28th of 51

$589

RI $6,310ND $457

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.