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Removal of Bile Duct Tumor Inside the Liver

Colorado 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?

$8,940

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8,940 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,630 to the doctor who performs it, and $6,310 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$2,630$2,291 to $3,311
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$6,310$2,884 to $8,913

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,310 · 10th to 90th $1,000 to $12,589Professionalmedian $2,630 · 10th to 90th $1,995 to $3,981
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $6,310professional $2,630

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
$2,570.40
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$8,912.51
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$2,570.40
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,786.30
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$13,182.57
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$4,168.69
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$4,786.30
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$3,548.13
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$4,570.88
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$4,073.80
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$3,890.45
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$2,951.21
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$7,762.47
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$3,981.07
9 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
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,174.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$467.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$1,778.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$354.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$234.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,659.59
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,995.26
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$512.86
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$446.68

Where Colorado 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

Colorado· 6th of 51

$8,940

$2,630 physician + $6,310 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.