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Freezing Treatment Of A Bone Tumor

South Dakota rates for HCPCS 20983

Destroys a tumor in bone by freezing it. Needle-like probes are passed through the skin into the tumor under imaging guidance and cooled until an ice ball forms and kills the abnormal tissue, including nearby soft tissue the tumor has grown into. It is often used to control pain from cancer that has spread to bone.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Freezing Treatment Of A Bone Tumor cost?

$10,881

Typical total for the visit. In South Dakota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10,881 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $7,079 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,802 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$7,079$776 to $12,589
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,802$3,236 to $7,079

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,802 · 10th to 90th $479 to $7,413Professionalmedian $7,079 · 10th to 90th $631 to $15,849
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $3,802professional $7,079

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$5,888.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$5,128.61
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,801.89
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$9,332.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$14,791.08
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$7,413.10
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,011.87
Median
$15,848.93
Typical High
$37,153.52
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$13,182.57
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,801.89
Median
$6,606.93
Typical High
$8,511.38
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$14,454.40
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$10,232.93
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$3,890.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$16,218.10
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$12,589.25
5 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$2,570.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$1,023.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$3,801.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$758.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$512.86

Where South Dakota sits

The same service costs 6.7 times more in Iowa 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.

Physician feeFacility fee

South Dakota· 12th of 51

$10,881

$7,079 physician + $3,802 facility

IA $15,348KY $2,289

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.