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Opening And Draining A Pancreatic Cyst

Oklahoma 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 Oklahoma, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,230 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,175 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 4 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$1,175$1,096 to $1,380
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,514$1,230 to $3,802

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,514 · 10th to 90th $1,000 to $6,457Professionalmedian $1,175 · 10th to 90th $1,023 to $1,905
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,514professional $1,175

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
$1,000.00
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$6,606.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,819.70
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,819.70
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$4,466.84
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$8,317.64
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$6,165.95
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,819.70

Where Oklahoma 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.

Oklahoma· 43rd 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.