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Back-Table Preparation Of A Donor Kidney

South Carolina 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?

$263

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $263 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $245 from a physician practice, and about $4,571 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 5 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$245$204 to $275
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,571$263 to $21,878

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,571 · 10th to 90th $263 to $22,909Professionalmedian $245 · 10th to 90th $95 to $1,380
$100$1K$10Kfacility $4,571professional $245

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
$263.03
Median
$9,120.11
Typical High
$22,908.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$1,380.38
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$602.56
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$588.84
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$794.33
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$9,120.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$389.05

Where South Carolina 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.

South Carolina· 39th of 51

$263

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.