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Recovery Of A Donor Pancreas For Transplant

North Carolina 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 North Carolina, 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 $1,905 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 6 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$1,905$1,862 to $3,020

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,905 · 10th to 90th $1,585 to $6,166Professionalmedian $1,862 · 10th to 90th $955 to $2,818
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,905professional $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
$1,288.25
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$8,709.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$2,818.38
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$60.26
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$776.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$912.01
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$3,715.35
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,466.84
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$4,466.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$7,079.46
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$56.23
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,456.54
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$6,760.83

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 37th 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.