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Drain Placement Around the Pancreas

Alabama rates for HCPCS 48001

Open abdominal surgery that places drains around the pancreas when severe sudden inflammation of the gland has caused fluid and dead tissue to collect there. Tubes are also placed into the gallbladder, the stomach, and the small intestine so that bile can drain and the person can be fed past the inflamed area while it settles.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Drain Placement Around the Pancreas cost?

$2,570

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,570 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2,512 from a physician practice, and about $3,467 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 4 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$2,512$2,239 to $3,467
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,467$1,259 to $10,000

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,467 · 10th to 90th $813 to $12,303Professionalmedian $2,512 · 10th to 90th $2,042 to $4,571
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,467professional $2,512

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
$954.99
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,398.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$4,570.88
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8,709.64
Median
$10,471.29
Typical High
$14,125.38
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$3,311.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$5,128.61
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$5,248.07
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$3,981.07

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 2.3 times more in Minnesota 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.

Alabama· 31st of 51

$2,570

MN $5,248KY $2,239

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.