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Removal of Bile Duct Tumor Outside the Liver

Alaska rates for HCPCS 47711

Surgery to remove a tumor from the bile duct in the portion that lies outside the liver. Repair of the duct may be performed as part of the same service; a tumor in a duct inside the liver is treated under a different service.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Removal of Bile Duct Tumor Outside the Liver cost?

$13,499

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $13,499 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $5,370 to the doctor who performs it, and $8,128 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$5,370$2,291 to $6,310
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$8,128$1,820 to $16,596

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $8,128 · 10th to 90th $1,000 to $251,189Professionalmedian $5,370 · 10th to 90th $1,549 to $8,128
$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $8,128professional $5,370

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8,128.31
Median
$12,022.64
Typical High
$16,595.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$8,128.31
Typical High
$8,128.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$4,677.35
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$8,128.31
Typical High
$11,748.98
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$9,120.11
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6,309.57
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$6,309.57
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8,317.64
Median
$251,188.64
Typical High
$346,736.85
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$4,677.35
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$9,549.93
12 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
$758.58
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$4,073.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$1,659.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$6,165.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,230.27
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$812.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$5,754.40
Typical High
$5,754.40
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$4,073.80
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$1,659.59
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$6,165.95
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,230.27
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$812.83
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$5,754.40
Typical High
$5,754.40

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 8.2 times more in Maine than in Maryland. 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

Alaska· 2nd of 51

$13,499

$5,370 physician + $8,128 facility

ME $17,891MD $2,184

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.