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Removal of Bile Duct Tumor Outside the Liver

North Dakota 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?

$4,398

Typical total for the visit. In North Dakota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,398 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,884 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,514 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$2,884$2,138 to $3,388
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,514$1,288 to $2,344

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,514 · 10th to 90th $759 to $2,512Professionalmedian $2,884 · 10th to 90th $1,514 to $3,890
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,514professional $2,884

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
$1,513.56
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$1,513.56
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$3,090.30
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,380.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$186.21
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,288.25
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$3,890.45
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
22 · Increased work
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$4,677.35
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$2,691.53
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$389.05
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$2,884.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$2,884.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$3,981.07
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,570.40
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$11,220.18
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$2,511.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$3,019.95
3 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
$691.83
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$933.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$371.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$275.42

Where North Dakota 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

North Dakota· 24th of 51

$4,398

$2,884 physician + $1,514 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.