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Kidney Recovery From a Deceased Donor

Colorado rates for HCPCS 50300

Removes a kidney from a person who has died and donated their organs, so it can be transplanted into someone with kidney failure. The kidney is flushed with a cold preservation fluid and kept chilled to protect it during transport. One or both kidneys may be recovered in the same operation.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Kidney Recovery From a Deceased Donor cost?

$3,311

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,311 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,175 from a physician practice, and about $9,550 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$1,175$794 to $1,175
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$9,550$5,495 to $13,183

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $9,550 · 10th to 90th $3,090 to $18,197Professionalmedian $1,175 · 10th to 90th $794 to $1,660
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $9,550professional $1,175

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
$1,174.90
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$10,715.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,174.90
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,165.95
Median
$11,481.54
Typical High
$19,498.45
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,584.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$2,818.38
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,819.70
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,011.87
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$5,011.87
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$10,715.19
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$2,398.83

Where Colorado sits

The same service costs 8.7 times more in Wisconsin than in Rhode Island. 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.

Colorado· 3rd of 51

$3,311

WI $6,918RI $794

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.