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Freezing Of Liver Tumors Through The Skin

Louisiana 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?

$11,027

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $11,027 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $4,266 to the doctor who performs it, and $6,761 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$4,266$631 to $8,710
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$6,761$3,467 to $10,000

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,761 · 10th to 90th $1,479 to $15,136Professionalmedian $4,266 · 10th to 90th $468 to $9,333
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $6,761professional $4,266

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
$741.31
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$8,709.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$9,332.54
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$467.74
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6,025.60
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$17,378.01
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$8,709.64
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$12,302.69
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$8,912.51
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$13,489.63
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$11,481.54
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
$316.23
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$4,677.35
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$1,862.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$7,079.46
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$1,412.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$933.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$6,606.93

Where Louisiana 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

Louisiana· 25th of 51

$11,027

$4,266 physician + $6,761 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.