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Freezing Of Liver Tumors Through The Skin

Massachusetts 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?

$9,502

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $9,502 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $7,413 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,089 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$7,413$759 to $13,490
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,089$603 to $4,898

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,089 · 10th to 90th $447 to $9,333Professionalmedian $7,413 · 10th to 90th $513 to $19,498
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $2,089professional $7,413

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
$2,691.53
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$6,025.60
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$8,128.31
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$9,772.37
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$8,128.31
Typical High
$43,651.58
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$1,023.29
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$11,481.54
Typical High
$14,791.08
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$14,125.38
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$3,311.31
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7,943.28
Median
$9,332.54
Typical High
$12,589.25
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$11,220.18
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$16,595.87
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$9,772.37
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$8,128.31
Typical High
$43,651.58
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$16,982.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$16,982.44
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$7,244.36
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$6,760.83
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
$234.42
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$4,073.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,621.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$6,165.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,230.27
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$812.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$5,754.40

Where Massachusetts 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

Massachusetts· 34th of 51

$9,502

$7,413 physician + $2,089 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.