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Freezing Of Liver Tumors Through The Skin

Virginia 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?

$11,217

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $11,217 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $3,631 to the doctor who performs it, and $7,586 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$3,631$479 to $6,761
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$7,586$2,570 to $11,749

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,586 · 10th to 90th $562 to $16,982Professionalmedian $3,631 · 10th to 90th $417 to $7,762
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $7,586professional $3,631

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
$524.81
Median
$7,585.78
Typical High
$20,892.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$7,585.78
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8,511.38
Median
$11,220.18
Typical High
$12,589.25
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$6,918.31
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$537.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$14,454.40
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$8,912.51
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,754.40
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$9,120.11
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10,964.78
Median
$15,848.93
Typical High
$15,848.93
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$12,589.25
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$10,000.00
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$11,481.54
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6,760.83
Median
$8,709.64
Typical High
$11,481.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$10,000.00
Typical High
$25,118.86
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$3,981.07
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
$251.19
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$3,801.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$1,548.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$5,754.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$1,148.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$758.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$5,370.32

Where Virginia 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

Virginia· 23rd of 51

$11,217

$3,631 physician + $7,586 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.