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Removal of Bile Duct Tumor Outside the Liver

Pennsylvania 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?

$2,343

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,343 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,549 to the doctor who performs it, and $794 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,549$1,445 to $1,660
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$794$479 to $2,291

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $794 · 10th to 90th $240 to $6,310Professionalmedian $1,549 · 10th to 90th $1,380 to $2,138
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $794professional $1,549

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
$831.76
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$1,659.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,174.90
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,981.07
Median
$28,183.83
Typical High
$56,234.13
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$2,290.87
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,511.89
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$2,290.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$3,090.30
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$3,235.94
Geisinger
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$2,818.38
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$8,709.64
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$1,659.59
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,174.90
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$2,951.21
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,513.56
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$1,548.82
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$2,511.89
10 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
$724.44
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$831.76
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$331.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,258.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$251.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$165.96
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$831.76
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$331.13
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,258.93
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$251.19
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$165.96

Where Pennsylvania 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

Pennsylvania· 46th of 51

$2,343

$1,549 physician + $794 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.