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Open Drainage of a Liver Abscess or Cyst

Tennessee 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?

$2,767

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,767 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,479 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,288 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,479$1,230 to $8,511
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,288$692 to $2,630

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,288 · 10th to 90th $513 to $3,715Professionalmedian $1,479 · 10th to 90th $1,072 to $10,000
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,288professional $1,479

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
$2,454.71
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,621.81
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$3,235.94
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$2,454.71
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,949.84
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8,511.38
Median
$8,511.38
Typical High
$10,000.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$3,981.07
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$2,454.71
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
$537.03
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$812.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$323.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,230.27
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$245.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$162.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,148.15

Where Tennessee 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

Tennessee· 33rd of 51

$2,767

$1,479 physician + $1,288 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.