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Liver Needle Biopsy During Another Operation

Illinois rates for HCPCS 47001

Takes a small core of liver tissue with a needle while the patient is already undergoing another major operation, so the sample can be examined under a microscope. Because the surgeon is already working in the abdomen, the sample is taken directly rather than through the skin. It is billed in addition to the main procedure.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Liver Needle Biopsy During Another Operation cost?

$864

Typical total for the visit. In Illinois, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $864 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $123 to the doctor who performs it, and $741 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$123$112 to $158
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$741$295 to $1,622

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $741 · 10th to 90th $151 to $3,162Professionalmedian $123 · 10th to 90th $102 to $200
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $741professional $123

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
$331.13
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$5,623.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$165.96
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$120.23
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$2,454.71
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$181.97
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$190.55
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$478.63
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$151.36
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$1,949.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$208.93
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
$50.12
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$56.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$22.39
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$83.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$16.60
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$11.22

Where Illinois sits

The same service costs 13.9 times more in Utah than in Delaware. 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

Illinois· 19th of 51

$864

$123 physician + $741 facility

UT $3,071DE $220

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.