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Back-Table Preparation Of A Donor Pancreas

Kentucky rates for HCPCS 48551

Preparation of a donated pancreas after it has been removed from the donor and before it is transplanted. Working at a side table in the operating room, the surgeon trims away the surrounding tissue, separates off the spleen, ties off the bile duct and the vessels that will not be used, and builds the artery connections the new pancreas will need in the recipient.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Back-Table Preparation Of A Donor Pancreas cost?

$240

Typical negotiated rate. In Kentucky, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $240 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $240 from a physician practice, and about $6,607 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$240$229 to $295
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$6,607$398 to $10,715

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,607 · 10th to 90th $302 to $11,220Professionalmedian $240 · 10th to 90th $195 to $501
$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $6,607professional $240

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
$302.00
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$630.96
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,244.36
Median
$10,715.19
Typical High
$11,220.18
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$338.84
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$109,647.82
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$363.08
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$398.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$1,348.96
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$426.58
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$28,183.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$588.84

Where Kentucky sits

The same service costs 6.9 times more in California than in North Dakota. 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.

Kentucky· 50th of 51

$240

CA $1,622ND $234

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.