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Freezing Of Liver Tumors Through The Skin

Pennsylvania 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?

$11,119

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $11,119 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $5,623 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,495 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$5,623$537 to $8,511
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,495$1,820 to $8,913

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,495 · 10th to 90th $646 to $12,303Professionalmedian $5,623 · 10th to 90th $437 to $12,303
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $5,495professional $5,623

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
$724.44
Median
$5,754.40
Typical High
$10,000.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$6,760.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$4,677.35
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,981.07
Median
$12,022.64
Typical High
$56,234.13
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,370.32
Median
$10,471.29
Typical High
$14,125.38
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$4,365.16
Median
$8,317.64
Typical High
$11,481.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$12,302.69
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$8,511.38
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6,760.83
Median
$9,772.37
Typical High
$12,882.50
Geisinger
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7,413.10
Median
$9,332.54
Typical High
$16,218.10
Geisinger
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$7,585.78
Typical High
$10,000.00
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$10,000.00
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$6,760.83
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$4,677.35
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6,606.93
Median
$10,471.29
Typical High
$23,988.33
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$7,943.28
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$7,943.28
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$10,715.19
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$9,120.11
10 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
$204.17
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$3,388.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$1,348.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$5,011.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$1,000.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$676.08
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$3,388.44
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$1,348.96
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$5,011.87
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$1,000.00
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$676.08

Where Pennsylvania 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

Pennsylvania· 24th of 51

$11,119

$5,623 physician + $5,495 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.