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Opening And Draining A Pancreatic Cyst

Minnesota 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?

$2,630

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,630 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2,570 from a physician practice, and about $3,090 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$2,570$1,820 to $3,631
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,090$1,660 to $5,248

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,090 · 10th to 90th $1,047 to $8,318Professionalmedian $2,570 · 10th to 90th $1,148 to $4,169
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,090professional $2,570

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
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,047.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,862.09
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$9,332.54
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$4,168.69
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$10,715.19
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$4,677.35
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$8,317.64
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$4,265.80
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$3,311.31
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$8,317.64
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$8,511.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$3,890.45

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 1st of 51

$2,630

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.