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Opening And Draining A Pancreatic Cyst

Nebraska 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?

$1,479

Typical negotiated rate. In Nebraska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,479 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,318 from a physician practice, and about $7,586 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$1,318$1,148 to $2,089
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$7,586$1,950 to $12,303

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,586 · 10th to 90th $1,288 to $14,454Professionalmedian $1,318 · 10th to 90th $1,023 to $3,311
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $7,586professional $1,318

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
$6,025.60
Median
$8,511.38
Typical High
$14,454.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$3,311.31
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,025.60
Median
$7,762.47
Typical High
$15,135.61
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$2,238.72
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$3,388.44
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$3,715.35
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$8,317.64
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$3,630.78
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$3,630.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$8,128.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,818.38

Where Nebraska 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.

Nebraska· 19th of 51

$1,479

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.