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Opening And Draining A Pancreatic Cyst

Iowa 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?

$1,778

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,778 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,585 from a physician practice, and about $2,818 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$1,585$1,175 to $2,291
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,818$1,778 to $6,457

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,818 · 10th to 90th $1,175 to $7,943Professionalmedian $1,585 · 10th to 90th $1,023 to $4,571
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,818professional $1,585

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
$1,862.09
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$11,481.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$6,025.60
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$3,162.28
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$4,265.80
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$4,677.35
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$8,317.64
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$3,162.28
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$3,162.28
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$7,585.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$3,090.30
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$2,691.53

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 9th of 51

$1,778

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.