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Recovery Of A Donor Pancreas For Transplant

Massachusetts rates for HCPCS 48550

Covers removing the pancreas from an organ donor, with a segment of duodenum attached if needed, and cooling and preserving it for transport to the hospital where a transplant is waiting. Keeping the gland and its blood supply intact is what makes the later transplant possible. Placing it into the recipient is a separate operation.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Recovery Of A Donor Pancreas For Transplant cost?

$1,862

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,862 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,862 from a physician practice, and about $3,090 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$1,862$1,862 to $1,862
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,090$1,862 to $3,715

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,090 · 10th to 90th $794 to $5,623Professionalmedian $1,862 · 10th to 90th $1,862 to $2,188
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $3,090professional $1,862

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
$1,862.09
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$5,623.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$2,187.76
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$4,265.80
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,760.83
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$6,760.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$741.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$758.58
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$8,511.38
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$4,677.35
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8,128.31
Median
$8,128.31
Typical High
$8,128.31
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$4,265.80
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,760.83
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$6,760.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$5,888.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8,128.31
Median
$8,128.31
Typical High
$8,128.31

Where Massachusetts sits

The same service costs 3.0 times more in California than in Wisconsin. 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.

Massachusetts· 32nd of 51

$1,862

CA $5,495WI $1,862

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.