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Open Biopsy Of The Pancreas

Idaho 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?

$2,473

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,473 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,622 to the doctor who performs it, and $851 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,622$1,288 to $1,778
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$851$676 to $3,236

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $851 · 10th to 90th $550 to $3,802Professionalmedian $1,622 · 10th to 90th $977 to $2,512
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $851professional $1,622

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
$4,466.84
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$5,495.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$2,511.89
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,162.28
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$4,073.80
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$1,778.28
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$12,589.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,445.44
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$5,495.41
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$2,511.89
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$1,584.89
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$1,698.24
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$1,778.28
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$812.83
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,659.59
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$870.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,905.46
27 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
$501.19
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,258.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$501.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$1,905.46
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$380.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$251.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$1,778.28
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$1,621.81
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$177.83
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,122.02
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
63 · Small infant
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,137.96
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,258.93
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$288.40
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$288.40
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$288.40
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$245.47
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,258.93
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$501.19
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$1,905.46
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$380.19
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$251.19
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$1,778.28
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
22 · Increased work
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$1,862.09
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,202.26
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$169.82
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,071.52
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
63 · Small infant
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$1,862.09
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,288.25

Where Idaho 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

Idaho· 32nd of 51

$2,473

$1,622 physician + $851 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.