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Whipple Operation on Pancreas and Duodenum

Tennessee rates for HCPCS 48152

A major abdominal operation, commonly called a Whipple procedure, that removes the head of the pancreas together with the duodenum (the first stretch of small intestine), a portion of the stomach, and the bile duct. The remaining digestive organs are then joined back together so that food and bile can flow again. It is most often done for a growth at the head of the pancreas or in the structures immediately around it.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Whipple Operation on Pancreas and Duodenum cost?

$5,674

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,674 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $3,162 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,512 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$3,162$2,818 to $3,890
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,512$1,862 to $3,981

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,512 · 10th to 90th $871 to $7,586Professionalmedian $3,162 · 10th to 90th $2,570 to $5,495
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $2,512professional $3,162

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
$2,398.83
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$4,677.35
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$4,365.16
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,884.03
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$6,456.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$794.33
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$6,165.95
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$17,782.79
Typical High
$17,782.79
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20,417.38
Median
$24,547.09
Typical High
$24,547.09
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$5,495.41

Where Tennessee sits

The same service costs 4.7 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· 46th of 50

$5,674

$3,162 physician + $2,512 facility

ME $16,731MD $3,527

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.