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Opening And Draining A Pancreatic Cyst

Nevada 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?

$1,259

Typical negotiated rate. In Nevada, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,259 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,230 from a physician practice, and about $4,365 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$1,230$1,096 to $1,445
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,365$1,259 to $6,026

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,365 · 10th to 90th $1,259 to $7,762Professionalmedian $1,230 · 10th to 90th $1,000 to $1,820
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $4,365professional $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
$1,258.93
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$10,232.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,698.24
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,466.84
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$7,762.47
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$2,187.76
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$2,041.74
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,659.59
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$1,584.89
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,071.52
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,318.26
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$6,606.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,949.84

Where Nevada 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.

Nevada· 36th of 51

$1,259

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.