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Removal of Dead Pancreas Tissue

Missouri 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?

$5,990

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,990 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $3,236 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,754 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$3,236$2,692 to $4,266
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,754$1,202 to $5,012

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,754 · 10th to 90th $525 to $9,772Professionalmedian $3,236 · 10th to 90th $1,862 to $20,417
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $2,754professional $3,236

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
$2,511.89
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$3,162.28
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$10,471.29
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$4,265.80
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$2,691.53
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$691.83
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$602.56
BCBS Kansas City
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$4,168.69
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$5,623.41
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$10,964.78
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,311.31
Median
$6,918.31
Typical High
$20,417.38
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$10,964.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$6,760.83
2 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
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,344.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$2,187.76

Where Missouri 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

Missouri· 24th of 51

$5,990

$3,236 physician + $2,754 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.