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Other Pancreas Procedure

Louisiana rates for HCPCS 48999

Covers an operation on the pancreas that is unusual enough to have no standard name of its own. The pancreas sits behind the stomach and makes digestive juices and insulin. The surgeon supplies a written report of exactly what was done, which is reviewed to judge the work involved.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Other Pancreas Procedure cost?

$1,318

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,318 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $759 from a physician practice, and about $1,318 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$759$661 to $3,715
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,318$794 to $3,236

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,318 · 10th to 90th $417 to $3,715Professionalmedian $759 · 10th to 90th $562 to $3,890
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,318professional $759

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
$891.25
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$3,890.45
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,445.44
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$416.87
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,202.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,096.48
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$2,238.72
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$89.13

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 295.1 times more in New Hampshire than in Hawaii. 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.

Louisiana· 43rd of 50

$1,318

NH $8,710HI $29.51

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.