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Open Biopsy Of The Pancreas

Pennsylvania 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?

$1,665

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,665 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $871 to the doctor who performs it, and $794 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$871$832 to $933
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$794$479 to $2,291

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $794 · 10th to 90th $240 to $6,310Professionalmedian $871 · 10th to 90th $776 to $1,202
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $794professional $871

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
$831.76
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$933.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$660.69
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,981.07
Median
$28,183.83
Typical High
$56,234.13
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,288.25
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,445.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$2,290.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,737.80
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,905.46
Geisinger
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,584.89
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$8,709.64
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$933.25
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$660.69
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,659.59
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$870.96
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$870.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,445.44
10 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
$407.38
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$467.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$186.21
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$707.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$141.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$93.33
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$467.74
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$186.21
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$707.95
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$141.25
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$93.33

Where Pennsylvania 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

Pennsylvania· 47th of 51

$1,665

$871 physician + $794 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.