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Freezing Of Liver Tumors Through The Skin

Iowa 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?

$18,453

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $18,453 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $9,333 to the doctor who performs it, and $9,120 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$9,333$1,000 to $13,804
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$9,120$4,677 to $14,125

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $9,120 · 10th to 90th $1,175 to $20,417Professionalmedian $9,333 · 10th to 90th $759 to $20,893
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $9,120professional $9,333

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
$758.58
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$11,481.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$9,332.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,265.80
Median
$12,302.69
Typical High
$16,218.10
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$15,848.93
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$8,511.38
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$9,332.54
Typical High
$20,892.96
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$13,489.63
Typical High
$42,657.95
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$10,715.19
Typical High
$14,454.40
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,265.80
Median
$12,302.69
Typical High
$16,218.10
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$13,182.57
Typical High
$17,782.79
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$12,022.64
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$28,183.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$16,218.10
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$14,454.40
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
$229.09
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$4,677.35
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$1,862.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$6,918.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$1,380.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$933.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$6,456.54

Where Iowa 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

Iowa· 1st of 51

$18,453

$9,333 physician + $9,120 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.