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Open Biopsy Of The Pancreas

Kentucky 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?

$2,311

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,311 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $832 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,479 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$832$741 to $977
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,479$741 to $5,888

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,479 · 10th to 90th $457 to $9,772Professionalmedian $832 · 10th to 90th $646 to $1,202
$100$1K$10Kfacility $1,479professional $832

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
$870.96
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,096.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,096.48
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,548.13
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$11,220.18
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$977.24
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$602.56
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$154.88
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$134.90
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,318.26
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,318.26
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,479.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$4,677.35
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$8,317.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,348.96
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
$436.52
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$549.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$218.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$812.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$165.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$109.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$758.58

Where Kentucky 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

Kentucky· 36th of 51

$2,311

$832 physician + $1,479 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.