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Removal of a Pancreatic Growth

Alaska rates for HCPCS 48120

This surgery removes a localized growth from the pancreas, such as a cyst or a benign tumor, while leaving the rest of the pancreas intact. The surgeon opens the abdomen, locates the growth, and excises it along with a margin of surrounding tissue when needed. It is used when a pancreatic growth needs to come out but does not require removing a larger section of the gland.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Removal of a Pancreatic Growth cost?

$9,779

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $9,779 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $3,890 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,888 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$3,890$1,622 to $4,467
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,888$1,820 to $16,596

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,888 · 10th to 90th $1,000 to $251,189Professionalmedian $3,890 · 10th to 90th $1,096 to $5,888
$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $5,888professional $3,890

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,888.44
Median
$12,022.64
Typical High
$16,595.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$5,888.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$3,311.31
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$8,317.64
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$6,606.93
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,466.84
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$4,466.84
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,888.44
Median
$251,188.64
Typical High
$346,736.85
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$3,311.31
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$6,760.83
12 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
$537.03
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$2,951.21
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,174.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$870.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$588.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$4,073.80
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$2,951.21
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,174.90
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$4,365.16
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$870.96
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$588.84
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$4,073.80

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 10.0 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

Alaska· 3rd of 51

$9,779

$3,890 physician + $5,888 facility

ME $17,294MD $1,737

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.