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Removal of a Pancreatic Growth

Tennessee 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?

$2,863

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,863 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,349 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,514 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,349$1,148 to $7,943
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,514$708 to $2,692

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,514 · 10th to 90th $513 to $3,981Professionalmedian $1,349 · 10th to 90th $977 to $9,120
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,514professional $1,349

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
$2,454.71
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,479.11
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$3,890.45
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$2,238.72
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,819.70
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7,943.28
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$9,120.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$3,981.07
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$2,290.87
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
$537.03
Typical High
$741.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$295.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,122.02
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$223.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$147.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,047.13

Where Tennessee 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

Tennessee· 32nd of 51

$2,863

$1,349 physician + $1,514 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.