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Open Biopsy Of The Pancreas

Tennessee 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?

$2,610

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,610 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,096 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,514 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,096$912 to $6,310
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,514$708 to $2,692

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,514 · 10th to 90th $513 to $3,981Professionalmedian $1,096 · 10th to 90th $794 to $7,413
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,514professional $1,096

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
$2,454.71
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,202.26
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$3,890.45
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,778.28
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,445.44
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6,309.57
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$7,413.10
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$3,981.07
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,819.70
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
$398.11
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$588.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$239.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$891.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$177.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$120.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$831.76

Where Tennessee 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

Tennessee· 27th of 51

$2,610

$1,096 physician + $1,514 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.