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Opening And Draining A Pancreatic Cyst

New Hampshire 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?

$1,905

Typical negotiated rate. In New Hampshire, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,905 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,778 from a physician practice, and about $9,120 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$1,778$1,318 to $2,455
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$9,120$3,890 to $14,791

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $9,120 · 10th to 90th $2,399 to $16,596Professionalmedian $1,778 · 10th to 90th $1,096 to $2,884
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $9,120professional $1,778

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
$100.00
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$9,772.37
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,698.24
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,890.45
Median
$10,964.78
Typical High
$16,982.44
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$3,311.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$2,951.21
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$7,413.10
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,884.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$7,413.10
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$3,388.44
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$1,348.96

Where New Hampshire 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.

New Hampshire· 7th of 51

$1,905

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.