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Open Drainage Of A Pancreas Fluid Pocket

Virginia rates for HCPCS 48510

Surgery that drains a walled-off collection of fluid on or beside the pancreas through an incision in the abdomen. A tube is left in place so the fluid empties out of the body until the pocket collapses and seals. It is done when the collection is large, painful, infected, or pressing on the stomach or bowel.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Open Drainage Of A Pancreas Fluid Pocket cost?

$3,092

Typical total for the visit. In Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,092 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,230 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,862 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,230$1,072 to $1,479
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,862$1,259 to $7,079

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,862 · 10th to 90th $1,072 to $12,023Professionalmedian $1,230 · 10th to 90th $1,000 to $1,950
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,862professional $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
$5,011.87
Typical High
$14,125.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,621.81
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,760.83
Median
$11,220.18
Typical High
$15,848.93
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$2,187.76
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,548.82
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$1,819.70
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$2,089.30
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,995.26
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$2,187.76
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$2,187.76
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,905.46
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,630.27
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,630.27
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$6,309.57
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$2,137.96

Where Virginia sits

The same service costs 9.0 times more in Maine than in Maryland. 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.

Physician feeFacility fee

Virginia· 39th of 50

$3,092

$1,230 physician + $1,862 facility

ME $14,532MD $1,611

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.