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Open Biopsy Of The Pancreas

Nevada 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?

$3,817

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,817 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $933 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,884 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$933$741 to $1,000
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,884$832 to $4,571

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,884 · 10th to 90th $525 to $7,586Professionalmedian $933 · 10th to 90th $562 to $1,202
$20$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $2,884professional $933

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
$954.99
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$10,715.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$954.99
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$8,511.38
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,621.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$6,309.57
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,174.90
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,174.90
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$1,230.27
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$4,265.80
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,584.89
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$2,951.21
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,096.48
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
$478.63
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$478.63
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$190.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$707.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$141.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$95.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$660.69

Where Nevada 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

Nevada· 17th of 51

$3,817

$933 physician + $2,884 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.