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Opening And Draining A Pancreatic Cyst

Idaho 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?

$1,585

Typical negotiated rate. In Idaho, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,585 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,585 from a physician practice, and about $1,738 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 8 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$1,230 to $2,138
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,738$1,380 to $2,951

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,738 · 10th to 90th $1,122 to $4,467Professionalmedian $1,585 · 10th to 90th $1,072 to $2,399
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,738professional $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
$4,466.84
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$5,495.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$3,311.31
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,073.80
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$5,248.07
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$2,238.72
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,137.96
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$2,884.03
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$2,344.23
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$977.24
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$2,630.27
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$2,511.89
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$2,089.30
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,715.35
Median
$15,488.17
Typical High
$26,302.68
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$2,344.23

Where Idaho 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.

Idaho· 12th of 51

$1,585

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.