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Open Biopsy Of The Pancreas

Alabama rates for HCPCS 48100

Takes a tissue sample from the pancreas during an operation in which the abdomen is open, using a fine needle, a core needle, or by cutting out a small wedge. Sampling the gland directly is done when an abnormality is found and its nature has to be established. The sample goes to a laboratory to be examined under a microscope.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Open Biopsy Of The Pancreas cost?

$10,288

Typical total for the visit. In Alabama, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10,288 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $955 to the doctor who performs it, and $9,333 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$955$871 to $1,778
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$9,333$955 to $9,333

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $9,333 · 10th to 90th $513 to $9,333Professionalmedian $955 · 10th to 90th $741 to $1,778
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $9,333professional $955

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

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,630.27
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$1,778.28
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9,332.54
Median
$9,332.54
Typical High
$9,332.54
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Professional
Modifier
21 + 22 · Increased work + 24 · Unrelated visit after surgery
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,412.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,202.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,174.90
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$3,801.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,621.81
6 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$891.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$354.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,318.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$263.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$177.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,230.27

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 11.4 times more in Maine 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

Alabama· 2nd of 51

$10,288

$955 physician + $9,333 facility

ME $16,997MD $1,496

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.