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Sound-Wave Destruction Of A Liver Tumor

Iowa rates for HCPCS 0686T

Destroys a tumor in the liver using tightly focused sound waves aimed through the skin from outside the body, which break the target tissue apart mechanically instead of heating it. Nothing is cut or inserted, and imaging is used to keep the focus locked on the target throughout.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Sound-Wave Destruction Of A Liver Tumor cost?

$3,715

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,715 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3,631 from a physician practice, and about $5,248 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 6 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$3,631$3,467 to $4,266
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5,248$4,266 to $7,943

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,248 · 10th to 90th $3,467 to $32,359Professionalmedian $3,631 · 10th to 90th $2,818 to $5,012
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20K$50Kfacility $5,248professional $3,631

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
$3,467.37
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$4,365.16
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22,908.68
Median
$22,908.68
Typical High
$22,908.68
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19,054.61
Median
$19,054.61
Typical High
$19,054.61
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$151.36
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$47,863.01
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,630.78
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$10,964.78
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22,908.68
Median
$22,908.68
Typical High
$22,908.68
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16,982.44
Median
$37,153.52
Typical High
$45,708.82
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,630.78
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$7,762.47

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 1.8 times more in North Carolina than in Kentucky. 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.

Iowa· 29th of 51

$3,715

NC $5,012KY $2,818

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.