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Freezing Of Liver Tumors Through The Skin

Colorado 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?

$14,452

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $14,452 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $3,981 to the doctor who performs it, and $10,471 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$3,981$617 to $9,120
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$10,471$6,457 to $13,490

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $10,471 · 10th to 90th $3,236 to $17,783Professionalmedian $3,981 · 10th to 90th $525 to $12,023
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $10,471professional $3,981

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
$3,090.30
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$17,782.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$6,456.54
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7,585.78
Median
$11,481.54
Typical High
$18,620.87
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$12,302.69
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$8,128.31
Typical High
$14,454.40
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$10,715.19
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$10,471.29
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$10,471.29
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$11,481.54
Typical High
$12,882.50
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$6,165.95
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$15,488.17
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$11,748.98
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
$223.87
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$3,235.94
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,288.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$4,786.30
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$954.99
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$645.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$4,466.84

Where Colorado 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

Colorado· 5th of 51

$14,452

$3,981 physician + $10,471 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.