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Opening And Draining A Pancreatic Cyst

Florida 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?

$1,230

Typical negotiated rate. In Florida, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,230 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,202 from a physician practice, and about $8,318 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 7 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$1,202$1,047 to $1,380
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$8,318$3,090 to $13,183

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $8,318 · 10th to 90th $1,096 to $25,704Professionalmedian $1,202 · 10th to 90th $933 to $1,778
$100$1K$10Kfacility $8,318professional $1,202

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
$1,047.13
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$12,022.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,698.24
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$12,302.69
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,412.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$3,630.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$2,511.89
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9,332.54
Median
$21,877.62
Typical High
$33,884.42
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,412.54
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$1,412.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$9,549.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$2,290.87
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,230.27

Where Florida 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.

Florida· 46th of 51

$1,230

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.