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Freezing Of Liver Tumors Through The Skin

Alabama rates for HCPCS 47383

Destroys one or more tumors in the liver by freezing them. Guided by scans, the doctor passes a needle-like probe through the skin into the tumor and cools it until the tumor tissue dies; the body then clears the dead tissue over time. No open operation is involved.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Freezing Of Liver Tumors Through The Skin cost?

$15,498

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $15,498 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $6,166 to the doctor who performs it, and $9,333 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$6,166$708 to $7,943
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$9,333$3,467 to $9,333

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $9,333 · 10th to 90th $1,778 to $9,333Professionalmedian $6,166 · 10th to 90th $479 to $10,715
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $9,333professional $6,166

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
$954.99
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$3,715.35
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$10,715.19
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9,332.54
Median
$9,332.54
Typical High
$9,332.54
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,495.41
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$8,128.31
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$9,120.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$10,232.93
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$8,511.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$9,549.93
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
$457.09
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$5,370.32
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$2,137.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$8,128.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$1,621.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$1,071.52
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$7,585.78

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 4.1 times more in Iowa than in Delaware. 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

Alabama· 3rd of 51

$15,498

$6,166 physician + $9,333 facility

IA $18,453DE $4,539

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.