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Pancreas Drainage Into The Small Intestine

Alaska rates for HCPCS 48548

Opens the main drainage channel of the pancreas along its length and sews a loop of small intestine to it side by side, so digestive juices trapped behind a blockage can escape freely. It is done for long-standing pancreatitis with a widened, obstructed duct, mainly to relieve pain.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Pancreas Drainage Into The Small Intestine cost?

$14,333

Typical total for the visit. In Alaska, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $14,333 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $5,623 to the doctor who performs it, and $8,710 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$5,623$2,399 to $6,761
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$8,710$1,820 to $16,596

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $8,710 · 10th to 90th $1,000 to $251,189Professionalmedian $5,623 · 10th to 90th $1,660 to $8,710
$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $8,710professional $5,623

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8,709.64
Median
$12,022.64
Typical High
$16,595.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$8,709.64
Typical High
$8,709.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$6,606.93
Typical High
$6,606.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$6,165.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$5,011.87
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$8,709.64
Typical High
$12,589.25
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$9,772.37
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$6,606.93
Typical High
$6,606.93
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$6,165.95
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6,760.83
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$6,760.83
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8,912.51
Median
$251,188.64
Typical High
$346,736.85
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$5,011.87
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$10,232.93

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 8.0 times more in Maine than in Texas. 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

Alaska· 2nd of 51

$14,333

$5,623 physician + $8,710 facility

ME $18,037TX $2,258

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.