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Back-Table Preparation Of A Donor Pancreas

South Carolina 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?

$295

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $295 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $295 from a physician practice, and about $380 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$295$240 to $380
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$380$295 to $4,571

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $380 · 10th to 90th $251 to $21,878Professionalmedian $295 · 10th to 90th $224 to $912
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $380professional $295

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
$295.12
Median
$9,120.11
Typical High
$22,908.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$1,621.81
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$1,148.15
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$616.60
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$707.95
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$660.69
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$9,120.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$426.58

Where South Carolina 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.

South Carolina· 22nd of 51

$295

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.