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Recovery Of A Donor Pancreas For Transplant

Ohio 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?

$2,951

Typical negotiated rate. In Ohio, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,951 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2,630 from a physician practice, and about $5,495 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$2,630$1,862 to $3,890
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5,495$3,090 to $10,233

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,495 · 10th to 90th $1,698 to $12,589Professionalmedian $2,630 · 10th to 90th $1,862 to $5,495
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $5,495professional $2,630

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
$3,548.13
Median
$8,912.51
Typical High
$12,589.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$5,495.41
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$15,135.61
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$5,370.32
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$21,379.62
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$724.44
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$21,379.62
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$831.76
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$60.26
SummaCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$75.86
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$6,456.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$1,698.24

Where Ohio 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.

Ohio· 2nd of 51

$2,951

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.