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Removal of Dead Pancreas Tissue

Nebraska 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?

$9,633

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $9,633 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $6,166 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,467 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$6,166$4,898 to $6,607
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,467$676 to $11,482

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,467 · 10th to 90th $537 to $18,621Professionalmedian $6,166 · 10th to 90th $3,388 to $20,417
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $3,467professional $6,166

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
$7,943.28
Typical High
$21,877.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$3,235.94
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12,882.50
Median
$16,982.44
Typical High
$34,673.69
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,570.88
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$7,762.47
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$4,786.30
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,981.07
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$20,417.38
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,897.79
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$8,511.38
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,897.79
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$8,511.38
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$3,801.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,981.07
Median
$5,754.40
Typical High
$7,413.10
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
$1,862.09
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$2,238.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$2,089.30

Where Nebraska 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

Nebraska· 11th of 51

$9,633

$6,166 physician + $3,467 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.