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Opening And Draining A Pancreatic Cyst

New Mexico 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?

$1,230

Typical negotiated rate. In New Mexico, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,230 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,230 from a physician practice, and about $1,514 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 5 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$1,230$1,096 to $1,549
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,514$1,230 to $2,042

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,514 · 10th to 90th $1,072 to $3,236Professionalmedian $1,230 · 10th to 90th $1,023 to $1,905
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $1,514professional $1,230

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
$1,230.27
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,737.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$2,238.72
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$1,698.24
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$2,398.83
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$2,754.23
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$12,589.25
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,398.83

Where New Mexico 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 Mexico· 40th of 51

$1,230

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.