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Needle Biopsy of the Liver

Massachusetts rates for HCPCS 47000

A provider inserts a thin needle through the skin and into the liver to remove a small sample of liver tissue for laboratory examination. It's used to help diagnose the cause of abnormal liver tests, liver disease, or a mass found on imaging. Imaging guidance, such as ultrasound, is often used to help position the needle accurately.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Needle Biopsy of the Liver cost?

$1,904

Typical total for the visit. In Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,904 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $282 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,622 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$282$112 to $457
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,622$257 to $2,754

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,622 · 10th to 90th $162 to $4,169Professionalmedian $282 · 10th to 90th $87 to $759
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,622professional $282

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
$380.19
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$4,168.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$831.76
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$19,498.45
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$2,187.76
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$380.19
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$776.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$1,584.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$676.08
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$3,311.31
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$630.96
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$8,511.38
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$724.44
Health New England
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$3,630.78
Health New England
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$389.05
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$19,498.45
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$2,187.76
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$6,918.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$776.25

Where Massachusetts sits

The same service costs 7.6 times more in Connecticut than in New Mexico. 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

Massachusetts· 33rd of 51

$1,904

$282 physician + $1,622 facility

CT $4,548NM $601

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.