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Back-Table Preparation Of A Donor Pancreas

Montana 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?

$339

Typical negotiated rate. In Montana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $339 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $251 from a physician practice, and about $427 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 5 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$251$234 to $427
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$427$372 to $437

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $427 · 10th to 90th $269 to $513Professionalmedian $251 · 10th to 90th $195 to $871
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $427professional $251

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$1,621.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$398.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$1,000.00
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$446.68
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$446.68
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$1,288.25
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$524.81
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$478.63

Where Montana 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.

Montana· 12th of 51

$339

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.