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Open Heat Ablation of Liver Tumors

Vermont rates for HCPCS 47380

Destroys one or more tumors in the liver with heat delivered through a needle-like probe, with the abdomen opened so the surgeon can see and feel the liver and place the probe by hand. The heated tissue dies and is gradually absorbed by the body. It is used when tumors cannot be cut out, or when the treatment is combined with another abdominal operation.

Rates data updated July 2026.

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