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Removal of Bile Duct Tumor Inside the Liver

Alaska rates for HCPCS 47712

Surgery to remove a tumor from a bile duct located within the liver. Repair of the duct may be performed as part of the same service. Treating a duct outside the liver is a different service.

Rates data updated October 2026.

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

$17,390

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $17,390 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $6,918 to the doctor who performs it, and $10,471 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$6,918$2,951 to $8,128
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$10,471$1,820 to $16,596

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $10,471 · 10th to 90th $1,000 to $251,189Professionalmedian $6,918 · 10th to 90th $1,995 to $10,471
$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $10,471professional $6,918

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
$9,772.37
Median
$12,022.64
Typical High
$16,595.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$10,471.29
Typical High
$10,471.29
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$5,888.44
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$10,471.29
Typical High
$15,135.61
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$8,128.31
Typical High
$11,748.98
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8,128.31
Median
$8,128.31
Typical High
$8,128.31
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10,471.29
Median
$251,188.64
Typical High
$346,736.85
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$5,888.44
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
$1,862.09
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$12,302.69
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
$977.24
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$5,248.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$2,089.30
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$1,584.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,047.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$7,413.10
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$5,248.07
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$2,089.30
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$7,943.28
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$1,584.89
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,047.13
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$7,413.10

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 6.9 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

$17,390

$6,918 physician + $10,471 facility

ME $18,419MD $2,652

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.