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Removal of a Pancreatic Growth

Nebraska 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?

$5,545

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,545 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,455 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,090 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$2,455$1,995 to $2,570
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,090$676 to $11,482

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,090 · 10th to 90th $537 to $18,197Professionalmedian $2,455 · 10th to 90th $1,380 to $8,128
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $3,090professional $2,455

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
$977.24
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$21,877.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$2,570.40
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
$1,819.70
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$3,019.95
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$4,365.16
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$8,128.31
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$3,311.31
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$3,311.31
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$3,801.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$2,884.03
6 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
$489.78
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$588.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$234.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$891.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$177.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$117.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$831.76

Where Nebraska 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

Nebraska· 10th of 51

$5,545

$2,455 physician + $3,090 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.