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Drain Placement Around The Pancreas

Vermont rates for HCPCS 48000

In severe acute pancreatitis, the abdomen is opened and drains are placed in the tissue spaces around the pancreas. They carry away infected fluid and the toxic material released by the inflamed gland, which would otherwise collect and worsen the illness.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Drain Placement Around The Pancreas cost?

$2,630

Typical physician fee. In Vermont, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,630 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $2,291 to $3,090.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $776 · 10th to 90th $468 to $776Professionalmedian $2,630 · 10th to 90th $1,950 to $3,631
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $776professional $2,630

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$2,511.89
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$467.74
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$3,090.30
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$4,897.79
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$776.25
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$3,715.35

Where Vermont sits

The same service costs 5.0 times more in Alaska than in Texas. 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.

Vermont· 17th of 51

$2,630

AK $6,310TX $1,259

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.