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Opening And Draining A Pancreatic Cyst

Massachusetts 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?

$1,380

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,380 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,349 from a physician practice, and about $2,692 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$1,349$1,148 to $2,291
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,692$1,148 to $3,548

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,692 · 10th to 90th $832 to $5,129Professionalmedian $1,349 · 10th to 90th $1,047 to $3,020
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,692professional $1,349

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
$1,096.48
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$5,623.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$2,951.21
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$7,079.46
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$8,128.31
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,380.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$3,019.95
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$3,311.31
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$2,187.76
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$4,677.35
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$2,884.03
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$7,079.46
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$8,128.31
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$3,388.44

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 25th of 51

$1,380

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.