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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 October 2026.

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

$380

Typical negotiated rate. In Montana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $380 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $380 from a physician practice, and about $398 from a hospital or other facility.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$380$257 to $398
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$398$398 to $427

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $398 · 10th to 90th $398 to $813Professionalmedian $380 · 10th to 90th $79 to $427
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $398professional $380

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$691.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$398.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$426.58
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$467.74
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$426.58
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$398.11
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$398.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,862.09
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$426.58
3 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$512.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$102.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$69.18

Where Montana sits

The same service costs 8.1 times more in New York than in Missouri. 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· 18th of 51

$380

NY $1,820MO $224

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.