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Procedure price report · Other non-OR gastrointestinal therapeutic procedures

Unlisted procedure on the pancreas

CPT 48999the billing code this page is about

Used for a pancreas operation that has no specific billing code of its own; the surgeon's report describes what was actually done.

Hospitals typically charge $1,989 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 554 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $2,213. Most fall between $833 and $4,731 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
554
States
43
Filings dated
Mar 2023 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 24, 2026

Median: half of hospitals filed less, half more — and it is a price some hospital actually filed. Average of the middle 60%: the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain average, the lowest or the highest price: the extremes in hospital price files are chargemaster artefacts, not prices anyone pays.

What hospitals charge, from cheapest to most expensive

Cash price percentiles, outpatient, across 554 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$667$884$1,989$3,949$7,364

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 11× what the cheapest tenth charges ($667 vs $7,364).

How the prices are spread

$451 – $618: 16 hospitals$451$618 – $848: 77 hospitals$848 – $1,163: 72 hospitals$848$1,163 – $1,595: 37 hospitals$1,595 – $2,187: 65 hospitals$1,595$2,187 – $2,999: 69 hospitals$2,999 – $4,114: 66 hospitals$2,999$4,114 – $5,641: 41 hospitals$5,641 – $7,737: 31 hospitals$5,641$7,737 – $10,610: 26 hospitals$7,737median $1,989price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (500 of 554 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$451$61816
$618$84877
$848$1,16372
$1,163$1,59537
$1,595$2,18765
$2,187$2,99969
$2,999$4,11466
$4,114$5,64141
$5,641$7,73731
$7,737$10,61026

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$723
Median cash price$1,989
Cash as a multiple of Medicare2.7×

The Medicare figure is the national unadjusted OPPS rate for this code — what Medicare itself pays a hospital before local wage adjustment. It is a benchmark, not a price anyone is charged.

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $1,989.

Alaska: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceAKMaine: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceVTNew Hampshire: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWAIdaho: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $1,417 across 23 hospitalsMN$1,417Illinois: median $4,022 across 20 hospitalsIL$4,022Wisconsin: median $1,439 across 17 hospitalsWI$1,439Michigan: median $7,230 across 15 hospitalsMI$7,230New York: median $833 across 23 hospitalsNY$833Massachusetts: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureORNevada: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceNVWyoming: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceWYSouth Dakota: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $1,850 across 15 hospitalsIA$1,850Indiana: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureINOhio: median $2,968 across 48 hospitalsOH$2,968Pennsylvania: median $878 across 32 hospitalsPA$878New Jersey: median $1,720 across 34 hospitalsNJ$1,720Connecticut: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $5,874 across 56 hospitalsCA$5,874Utah: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: median $754 across 11 hospitalsCO$754Nebraska: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: median $2,348 across 21 hospitalsMO$2,348Kentucky: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVAMaryland: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMDDelaware: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceDEArizona: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTNNorth Carolina: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNCSouth Carolina: median $3,351 across 17 hospitalsSC$3,351Oklahoma: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureOKLouisiana: median $419 across 13 hospitalsLA$419Mississippi: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: median $2,520 across 24 hospitalsGA$2,520Hawaii: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceHITexas: median $1,989 across 62 hospitalsTX$1,989Florida: median $4,419 across 28 hospitalsFL$4,419
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $1,989. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Michigan MI15$7,230+264%$974 – $17,503
California CA56$5,874+195%$1,125 – $13,020
Florida FL28$4,419+122%$2,724 – $4,731
Illinois IL20$4,022+102%$1,118 – $4,022
South Carolina SC17$3,351+69%$872 – $3,351
Ohio OH48$2,968+49%$1,702 – $4,810
Georgia GA24$2,520+27%$692 – $2,520
Missouri MO21$2,348+18%$723 – $5,169
Texas TX62$1,9890%$763 – $2,583
Iowa IA15$1,850−7%$1,850 – $1,850
New Jersey NJ34$1,720−13%$779 – $5,110
Wisconsin WI17$1,439−28%$1,124 – $8,063
Minnesota MN23$1,417−29%$272 – $3,496
Pennsylvania PA32$878−56%$805 – $1,326
New York NY23$833−58%$833 – $958
Colorado CO11$754−62%$740 – $997
Louisiana LA13$419−79%$168 – $1,136
North Carolina NC9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Washington WA9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Oklahoma OK8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Virginia VA8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Indiana IN2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Oregon OR1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Utah UT1not enough hospitals filed a usable price

Hospitals like yours

The same distribution cut by the kind of hospital. Hospital type and ownership come from CMS; a hospital counts as part of a system when its price file is shared with at least one other hospital under the same brand. The national median is $1,989.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care503$1,989$833 – $4,800
Children’s10fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access38$1,850$1,293 – $3,698
Ownership
For-profit49$1,576$692 – $2,800
Government71$1,690$833 – $3,755
Non-profit431$2,144$841 – $4,810
System affiliation
Part of a system503$2,090$837 – $4,810
Independent51$1,047$706 – $3,755

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$3,358
Median cash price$1,989
Cash as a share of list, median hospital56%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 44%. The share is the median of each hospital’s own cash ÷ list ratio, over hospitals that filed both — not the ratio of the two medians above.

The same procedure, inpatient

407 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $2,005 and the average of the middle 60% is $2,299; most fall between $842 and $4,731.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 407 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$639$1,008$2,005$3,698$7,364

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 12× what the cheapest tenth charges ($639 vs $7,364).

Of the 433 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 407 gave a usable cash price; 12 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 14 a list price only.

How complete is this

554 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (14%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 580 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted554
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here16
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded1
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded0
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded9
Hospitals that filed this code580

Sections not shown for this setting

  • Since our last snapshot: there is no earlier snapshot at least 90 days older than this one yet.

We last checked these hospitals’ price files for changes between September 4, 2026 and September 24, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 23, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Related procedures

Part of the Other non-OR gastrointestinal therapeutic procedures family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as PR Perc Cryoablation Pancreas C/T 50593.

Method

Source
The machine-readable price files every U.S. hospital is required by CMS to publish, parsed per hospital. Nothing is surveyed, sampled or modelled.
What counts
One cash (self-pay) price per hospital for this code and setting. A hospital’s own filing can rule its number out — a placeholder, a “not applicable” note, a list price standing in for cash — and our plausibility checks can flag a price far below what every other hospital files. Both kinds are disclosed above and excluded from the statistics; on the compare tool a flagged price is still shown.
Statistics
Percentiles are discrete: each is a price some hospital filed. The average is the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain mean, the minimum or the maximum. A state needs 10 hospitals and a segment 20 to show a figure; otherwise the row shows its count and no number. Medicare is the national unadjusted OPPS rate where one exists.
Names
Procedure names on these pages are our own plain-language titles, not the AMA’s copyrighted CPT descriptors. The code is the identity.

The full rules — sources, statistics, thresholds, limitations — are on the methodology page.

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Cite: HospitalRates.com, “Unlisted procedure on the pancreas (CPT 48999) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-48999-unlisted-procedure-on-the-pancreas