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Removal of Dead Pancreas Tissue

Michigan rates for HCPCS 48105

Clears away dead and infected tissue from the pancreas and the area around it after a severe attack of pancreatitis has destroyed part of the gland. The abdomen is opened, the dead tissue is removed, and drains are usually left in place. It is a major operation done when infection or dead tissue is threatening the patient's life.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Removal of Dead Pancreas Tissue cost?

$14,431

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $14,431 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $3,715 to the doctor who performs it, and $10,715 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$3,715$3,467 to $3,981
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$10,715$1,148 to $11,749

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $10,715 · 10th to 90th $501 to $16,596Professionalmedian $3,715 · 10th to 90th $1,072 to $4,266
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $10,715professional $3,715

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
$3,630.78
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$6,918.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,388.44
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$3,715.35
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$2,754.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$2,570.40
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10,715.19
Median
$10,715.19
Typical High
$18,620.87
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$4,265.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$5,623.41
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,630.78
Median
$7,762.47
Typical High
$8,709.64
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$4,168.69
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$2,754.23
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$2,570.40
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$5,370.32
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$3,311.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,311.31
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$4,570.88

Where Michigan sits

The same service costs 6.5 times more in Alaska than in Washington. 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

Michigan· 3rd of 51

$14,431

$3,715 physician + $10,715 facility

AK $21,355WA $3,262

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.