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Freezing Of Liver Tumors Through The Skin

Montana 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?

$6,778

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,778 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,023 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,754 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$1,023$692 to $9,120
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,754$692 to $10,000

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,754 · 10th to 90th $692 to $11,749Professionalmedian $1,023 · 10th to 90th $457 to $11,220
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $5,754professional $1,023

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
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$17,782.79
BCBS Montana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$9,120.11
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$12,302.69
Typical High
$23,442.29
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$9,120.11
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$10,715.19
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$10,715.19
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$12,302.69
Typical High
$23,442.29
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$10,000.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$9,120.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$12,302.69
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
$1,230.27
Typical High
$8,912.51
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$3,548.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$13,489.63
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$2,691.53
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$1,778.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$12,589.25

Where Montana 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

Montana· 45th of 51

$6,778

$1,023 physician + $5,754 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.