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Freezing Of Liver Tumors Through The Skin

Kentucky 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?

$7,455

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,455 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $4,365 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,090 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$4,365$468 to $6,761
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,090$724 to $7,943

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,090 · 10th to 90th $437 to $10,233Professionalmedian $4,365 · 10th to 90th $398 to $8,710
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $3,090professional $4,365

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
$436.52
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$10,232.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$6,456.54
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$9,120.11
Typical High
$11,220.18
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$6,918.31
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$12,022.64
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$660.69
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$9,120.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$29,512.09
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$302.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$7,943.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$11,220.18
12 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$5,128.61
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$2,089.30
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$1,548.82
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$1,023.29
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$7,244.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$3,235.94
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,288.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$4,786.30
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$954.99
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$645.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$4,466.84

Where Kentucky 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

Kentucky· 43rd of 51

$7,455

$4,365 physician + $3,090 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.