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Removal of a Pancreatic Growth

Iowa 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 July 2026.

How much does Removal of a Pancreatic Growth cost?

$4,303

Typical total for the visit. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,303 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,549 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,549$1,148 to $2,399
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,754$1,820 to $6,457

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,754 · 10th to 90th $1,148 to $7,943Professionalmedian $1,549 · 10th to 90th $977 to $4,266
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,754professional $1,549

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$11,481.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$5,754.40
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$3,019.95
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$4,265.80
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$4,677.35
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$8,128.31
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$3,090.30
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$3,090.30
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$7,585.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$3,019.95
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$2,570.40

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 8.9 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

Iowa· 25th of 50

$4,303

$1,549 physician + $2,754 facility

ME $14,563MD $1,639

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.