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Connecting A Pancreatic Cyst To The Digestive Tract

Vermont 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?

$1,122

Typical physician fee. In Vermont, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,122 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $1,096 to $1,288.

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.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $1,122 · 10th to 90th $1,047 to $1,514
$1K$2Kprofessional $1,122

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,288.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,454.71
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$2,818.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,570.40

Where Vermont sits

The same service costs 2.2 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.

Vermont· 50th of 51

$1,122

MN $2,455KY $1,096

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.