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Back-Table Preparation Of A Donor Kidney

Colorado rates for HCPCS 50323

Preparation of a donated kidney on a sterile table before it is transplanted. The surrounding fat and attachments are trimmed away, the adrenal gland is removed, and the artery, vein and ureter are cleaned up and made ready to be joined to the recipient. It is done while the kidney is kept cold, immediately before the transplant operation.

Rates data updated July 2026.

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

$2,570

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,570 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $251 from a physician practice, and about $7,586 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 7 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$251$224 to $316
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$7,586$4,786 to $10,471

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,586 · 10th to 90th $3,090 to $13,804Professionalmedian $251 · 10th to 90th $204 to $417
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $7,586professional $251

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
$223.87
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$10,715.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$398.11
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,786.30
Median
$9,549.93
Typical High
$15,135.61
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$446.68
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$426.58
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$457.09
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$1,819.70
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$281.84
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$199.53
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
$199.53
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$467.74

Where Colorado sits

The same service costs 38.0 times more in California than in Minnesota. 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· 2nd of 51

$2,570

CA $5,888MN $155

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.