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Transplant Of Insulin-Producing Islet Cells

North Carolina rates for HCPCS 0585T

Delivers insulin-producing islet cells, prepared beforehand from pancreas tissue, into the blood supply of the liver, where they lodge in the small vessels and begin releasing insulin. It is used when the pancreas can no longer make enough insulin of its own.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Transplant Of Insulin-Producing Islet Cells cost?

$550

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $550 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $550 from a physician practice, and about $468 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$550$457 to $871
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$468$407 to $759

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $468 · 10th to 90th $347 to $4,898Professionalmedian $550 · 10th to 90th $398 to $1,023
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $468professional $550

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
$407.38
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$8,709.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$489.78
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,071.52
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$676.08
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$6,456.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$812.83
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$2,570.40
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,884.03
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$3,467.37

Where North Carolina sits

The same service costs 19.5 times more in California than in Kentucky. 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.

North Carolina· 4th of 51

$550

CA $5,888KY $302

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.