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Connecting A Pancreatic Cyst To The Digestive Tract

Michigan rates for HCPCS 48520

This surgery treats a fluid-filled cyst on the pancreas by creating a direct surgical connection between the cyst and a nearby part of the digestive tract, allowing the fluid to drain internally into the gut instead of needing external drainage. It is used for cysts that need ongoing drainage but are suitable for a more straightforward connection, rather than a more complex reconstruction. This approach avoids the need for an external drainage tube.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Connecting A Pancreatic Cyst To The Digestive Tract cost?

$6,128

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,128 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,230 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,898 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 6 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$4,898$2,138 to $4,898

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,898 · 10th to 90th $1,413 to $6,918Professionalmedian $1,230 · 10th to 90th $977 to $1,622
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,898professional $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
$1,412.54
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$6,918.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,479.11
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$1,584.89
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$1,698.24
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$2,570.40
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$4,897.79
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,621.81
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$4,365.16
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$6,760.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,905.46

Where Michigan sits

The same service costs 9.2 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

Michigan· 15th of 50

$6,128

$1,230 physician + $4,898 facility

ME $14,532MD $1,585

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.