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Pancreas Drainage Into The Small Intestine

New Mexico 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?

$3,770

Typical total for the visit. In New Mexico, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,770 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,291 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,479 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$2,291$1,862 to $2,512
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,479$603 to $6,761

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,479 · 10th to 90th $537 to $251,189Professionalmedian $2,291 · 10th to 90th $490 to $2,818
$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $1,479professional $2,291

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
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$2,511.89
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$707.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,754.23
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$2,454.71
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$125,892.54
Typical High
$251,188.64
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$2,884.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$10,471.29
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$2,398.83
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
$1,202.26
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$1,862.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$1,737.80

Where New Mexico 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

New Mexico· 29th of 51

$3,770

$2,291 physician + $1,479 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.