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Pancreas Drainage Into The Small Intestine

Montana 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?

$5,261

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,261 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,630 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,630 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$2,630$1,738 to $2,692
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,630$2,344 to $2,692

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,630 · 10th to 90th $1,445 to $2,884Professionalmedian $2,630 · 10th to 90th $85 to $3,090
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,630professional $2,630

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

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$4,786.30
BCBS Montana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$3,162.28
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$2,630.27
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$2,818.38
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$3,090.30
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$2,818.38
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$2,630.27
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$2,691.53
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,862.09
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$3,235.94
2 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$3,630.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$3,388.44

Where Montana 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

Montana· 18th of 51

$5,261

$2,630 physician + $2,630 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.