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Open Drainage of a Liver Abscess or Cyst

Missouri 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?

$4,011

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,011 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,380 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,630 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$1,380$1,148 to $1,820
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,630$1,202 to $4,898

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,630 · 10th to 90th $525 to $8,710Professionalmedian $1,380 · 10th to 90th $1,000 to $8,710
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,630professional $1,380

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
$1,412.54
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,412.54
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$7,762.47
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,949.84
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,202.26
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$309.03
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$269.15
BCBS Kansas City
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,778.28
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$2,398.83
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$9,772.37
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$8,709.64
Typical High
$8,709.64
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$10,964.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$2,951.21
6 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
$562.34
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$676.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$269.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,023.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$204.17
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$134.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$954.99

Where Missouri 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

Missouri· 18th of 51

$4,011

$1,380 physician + $2,630 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.