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Opening And Draining A Pancreatic Cyst

Alaska rates for HCPCS 48500

Surgery that opens a fluid-filled sac on the pancreas and stitches its edges open so it drains continuously instead of filling up again. It is used for a cyst that keeps coming back, causes pain, or presses on nearby organs.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Opening And Draining A Pancreatic Cyst cost?

$2,570

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,570 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2,951 from a physician practice, and about $1,660 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$2,951$1,230 to $4,677
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,660$1,349 to $2,291

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,660 · 10th to 90th $1,148 to $3,715Professionalmedian $2,951 · 10th to 90th $1,122 to $6,607
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,660professional $2,951

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
$3,388.44
Median
$9,772.37
Typical High
$16,595.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$6,025.60
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$3,630.78
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$2,691.53
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$7,413.10
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,388.44
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$6,760.83
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$2,691.53
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$3,467.37
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$4,786.30

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 2.3 times more in Minnesota than in Kentucky. 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.

Alaska· 3rd of 51

$2,570

MN $2,630KY $1,148

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.