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Recovery Of A Donor Pancreas For Transplant

Virginia 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 Virginia, 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 $3,236 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$1,820 to $1,862
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,236$1,862 to $6,607

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,236 · 10th to 90th $1,862 to $8,913Professionalmedian $1,862 · 10th to 90th $1,349 to $3,020
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,236professional $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
$5,248.07
Typical High
$14,791.08
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
$5,888.44
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$7,413.10
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,454.71
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$616.60
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$707.95
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$3,548.13
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,466.84
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$6,456.54
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,413.10
Median
$10,000.00
Typical High
$10,964.78
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,413.10
Median
$10,000.00
Typical High
$10,964.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$7,079.46
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$1,949.84

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 9th 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.