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Open Biopsy Of The Pancreas

Massachusetts 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?

$2,561

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,561 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,514 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,047 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,514$1,072 to $2,512
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,047$724 to $1,862

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,047 · 10th to 90th $407 to $3,548Professionalmedian $1,514 · 10th to 90th $851 to $6,166
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,047professional $1,514

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
$2,344.23
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$5,128.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,202.26
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$3,548.13
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$6,165.95
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$954.99
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$2,137.96
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$3,311.31
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,621.81
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$4,073.80
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$2,630.27
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$3,548.13
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$6,165.95
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$4,073.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$3,715.35
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,348.96
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$831.76
8 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
$426.58
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$602.56
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$239.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$891.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$181.97
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$120.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$831.76
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$537.03
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Q3 · Living kidney donor
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$512.86

Where Massachusetts 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

Massachusetts· 31st of 51

$2,561

$1,514 physician + $1,047 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.