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Open Drainage of a Liver Abscess or Cyst

Alaska rates for HCPCS 47010

Opens the abdomen and the liver to drain a pocket of pus or a fluid-filled cyst, washing out the cavity and usually leaving a drain in place. It may be completed in one operation or in two stages. It is used when a collection cannot be drained with a needle through the skin.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Open Drainage of a Liver Abscess or Cyst cost?

$10,575

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10,575 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $4,266 to the doctor who performs it, and $6,310 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$4,266$1,738 to $4,898
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$6,310$1,820 to $16,596

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,310 · 10th to 90th $1,000 to $251,189Professionalmedian $4,266 · 10th to 90th $1,175 to $6,310
$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $6,310professional $4,266

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
$6,309.57
Median
$12,022.64
Typical High
$16,595.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$6,309.57
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$3,630.78
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$9,120.11
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$7,244.36
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,897.79
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$4,897.79
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6,456.54
Median
$251,188.64
Typical High
$346,736.85
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$3,630.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$7,413.10
12 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
$588.84
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$3,162.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,288.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$4,786.30
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$954.99
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$630.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$4,466.84
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$3,162.28
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,288.25
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$4,786.30
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$954.99
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$630.96
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$4,466.84

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 5.9 times more in Alabama than in Maryland. 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

Alaska· 2nd of 51

$10,575

$4,266 physician + $6,310 facility

AL $10,682MD $1,821

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.