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Removal Of A Long-Term Implanted Drug Device

Alaska rates for HCPCS 11982

This procedure removes a small drug-delivery device that was previously implanted under the skin, usually in the upper arm, to release medication gradually over an extended period. It does not include placing a new one. It's a minor outpatient procedure done once the device has reached the end of its use or is no longer needed.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Removal Of A Long-Term Implanted Drug Device cost?

$714

Typical total for the visit. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $714 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $257 to the doctor who performs it, and $457 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

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.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$257$155 to $372
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$457$166 to $813

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $457 · 10th to 90th $98 to $5,888Professionalmedian $257 · 10th to 90th $117 to $447
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $457professional $257

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$12,022.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$537.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$371.54
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$537.03
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$380.19
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$478.63
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$537.03
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$346.74
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$407.38

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 19.4 times more in Delaware than in Maryland. 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.

Physician feeFacility fee

Alaska· 40th of 50

$714

$257 physician + $457 facility

DE $5,124MD $264

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.