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Drain Placement Around The Pancreas

West Virginia 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 July 2026.

How much does Drain Placement Around The Pancreas cost?

$3,900

Typical total for the visit. In West Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,900 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,950 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,950 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,950$1,778 to $2,239
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,950$1,950 to $1,995

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,950 · 10th to 90th $1,413 to $3,090Professionalmedian $1,950 · 10th to 90th $1,660 to $2,692
$50.0$200.0$1.0K$5.0Kfacility $1,950professional $1,950

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
$1,412.54
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$1,949.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$2,454.71
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$2,511.89
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$2,238.72
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$3,090.30
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$9,549.93
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$2,041.74
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$3,019.95

Where West Virginia sits

The same service costs 6.4 times more in Maine than in Maryland. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Physician feeFacility feeWest Virginia $3,900 · 46th of 50
ME $15,473MD $2,432

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.