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Freezing Liver Tumors Through Small Cuts

Louisiana rates for HCPCS 47371

Destroys one or more tumors in the liver by freezing them. A camera and probes are passed through small incisions in the abdomen, the probes are placed into each tumor, and extreme cold kills the tissue, which the body then clears away over time.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Freezing Liver Tumors Through Small Cuts cost?

$1,778

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,778 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,445 from a physician practice, and about $3,236 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$1,445$1,230 to $1,950
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,236$2,089 to $6,607

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,236 · 10th to 90th $933 to $13,183Professionalmedian $1,445 · 10th to 90th $1,122 to $2,455
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $3,236professional $1,445

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$5,888.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$2,454.71
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,244.36
Median
$12,589.25
Typical High
$19,952.62
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$2,137.96
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$1,148.15
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,202.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$3,019.95
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$10,232.93
Typical High
$23,988.33
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$2,344.23

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 2.8 times more in California than in Kentucky. 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.

Louisiana· 13th of 51

$1,778

CA $3,467KY $1,259

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.