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Removal of Bile Duct Tumor Outside the Liver

Michigan 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?

$7,884

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,884 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,995 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,888 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$1,995$1,738 to $2,239
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,888$1,148 to $6,457

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,888 · 10th to 90th $501 to $9,120Professionalmedian $1,995 · 10th to 90th $1,413 to $2,344
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $5,888professional $1,995

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
$1,995.26
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$6,918.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,041.74
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,888.44
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$10,232.93
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$2,238.72
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$3,162.28
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$4,897.79
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$2,290.87
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$2,951.21
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$3,311.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$2,511.89
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
$1,000.00
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,023.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$407.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$1,548.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$309.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$204.17
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,445.44
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,000.00
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$407.38
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$1,513.56
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$302.00
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$199.53
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,412.54

Where Michigan 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

Michigan· 6th of 51

$7,884

$1,995 physician + $5,888 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.