CPT code 48155: Pancreatectomy, total gland removal2026 Medicare rate & RVUs in Alaska

In Alaska, Medicare pays $2,114.69 for 48155 in a facility. There’s no office rate.

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Medicare allowed amount for participating (non-QP) physicians, before deductible, coinsurance and claim adjustments. Not a patient’s bill or a hospital charge.

What 48155 covers

Code 48155 represents removal of the entire pancreas, rather than excision of a focal lesion or resection of only part of the gland. An HPB or general surgeon typically performs this major abdominal operation in a hospital for disease requiring removal of the whole pancreas, such as diffuse pancreatic neoplasia or otherwise extensive pancreatic disease. The operative report should establish that the resection was total.

Report the procedure based on the extent documented in the operative note; a partial resection or limited lesion excision belongs to a different procedure code. The 90-day global package includes the day-before preoperative visit and 90 days of related postoperative care. When multiple procedures occur in the same session, Medicare pays the highest-valued procedure in full and applies the standard multiple-procedure reduction to the others. Assistant-at-surgery payment may be made. Co-surgeon payment requires supporting documentation, while team surgery is not permitted. Modifier 50 is inappropriate for this procedure.

This summary was written with AI assistance from CMS physician fee schedule data and checked against the CMS billing rules shown here. Rates on this page come directly from CMS files.

How Alaska compares for 48155

Across 109 of 109 payment localities, the facility rate for 48155 runs from $1,520.81 in Nebraska to $2,114.69 in Alaska. Alaska pays $2,114.69. The RVUs are the same everywhere; the geographic indexes change the dollars.

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48155 rates by state

Office rate range in each state. Select a state to see its payment localities.

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How the 48155 rate is calculated

Each of 48155’s three RVUs is multiplied by a geographic index (GPCI) for the payment locality, added up, and multiplied by the conversion factor. Drag the indexes or enter a ZIP to see what moves the rate.

Payment rules and modifiers for 48155

48155 has a 90-day global period: related visits in that window are included in the surgery payment.

What modifiers do to the payment

When to use modifier 51

Codes related to 48155

Related codes aren’t interchangeable: bill the code that matches the service performed.

How 48155 has changed in Alaska

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Where the Alaska rate applies

Alaska is a Medicare payment area, not a city. Our Census mapping connects it to 355 cities and communities in Alaska. Some span more than one payment area; confirm with the service ZIP.

• Adak
• Akhiok
• Akiachak
• Akiak
• Akutan
• Alakanuk
• Alatna
• Alcan Border

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Where these rates come from

FeeBase calculates base physician payments from CMS work, practice-expense and malpractice RVUs, adjusted by each locality’s geographic indexes and the conversion factor. Services without a published rate are labeled, never given a made-up amount. Amounts are Medicare allowed amounts before claim adjustments: not a patient’s bill or a commercial rate.

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