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Liver Needle Biopsy During Another Operation

Wyoming 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?

$316

Typical physician fee. In Wyoming, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $316 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $200 to $407.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $295 · 10th to 90th $102 to $3,090Professionalmedian $316 · 10th to 90th $129 to $490
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $295professional $316

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

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$102.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$134.90
BCBS Wyoming
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$489.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$245.47
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$3,090.30
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$363.08

Where Wyoming sits

The same service costs 4.5 times more in Alaska than in New Jersey. 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.

Wyoming· 2nd of 51

$316

AK $417NJ $93.33

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.