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Recovery Of A Donor Pancreas For Transplant

Wisconsin 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 Wisconsin, 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 $7,586 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 9 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$7,586$5,495 to $9,120

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,586 · 10th to 90th $2,630 to $13,183Professionalmedian $1,862 · 10th to 90th $1,862 to $2,138
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $7,586professional $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
$1,862.09
Typical High
$17,782.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$2,137.96
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,011.87
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$13,182.57
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$3,388.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,122.02
DeanCare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$10,471.29
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$7,585.78
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,606.93
Median
$6,606.93
Typical High
$6,606.93
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$1,479.11
Prevea360
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$3,388.44
Quartz
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,677.35
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$4,677.35
Quartz
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$6,760.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$19,498.45

Where Wisconsin 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.

Wisconsin· 51st 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.