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Removal of Bile Duct Tumor Outside the Liver

Minnesota 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?

$5,364

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,364 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $3,020 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,344 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$3,020$2,344 to $4,169
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,344$1,380 to $3,802

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,344 · 10th to 90th $1,000 to $6,026Professionalmedian $3,020 · 10th to 90th $1,514 to $5,754
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,344professional $3,020

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
$1,380.38
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,380.38
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,047.13
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$208.93
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$977.24
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,862.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,380.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$275.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,288.25
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$12,589.25
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$4,897.79
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$3,890.45
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$977.24
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$4,073.80
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$7,079.46
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$5,888.44
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$6,025.60
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$5,370.32
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$3,467.37
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$11,220.18
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$3,630.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$5,623.41
7 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$691.83
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$281.84
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$138.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$933.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$371.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$186.21
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$3,019.95

Where Minnesota 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

Minnesota· 17th of 51

$5,364

$3,020 physician + $2,344 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.