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Removal of Bile Duct Tumor Inside the Liver

Iowa 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?

$7,286

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,286 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $4,266 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,020 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$4,266$2,818 to $4,571
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,020$1,514 to $5,012

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,020 · 10th to 90th $603 to $6,607Professionalmedian $4,266 · 10th to 90th $2,239 to $6,166
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,020professional $4,266

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
$3,235.94
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$3,235.94
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$5,370.32
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$6,165.95
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$5,623.41
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$14,454.40
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,365.16
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$5,495.41
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,467.37
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$6,165.95
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$6,918.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$5,370.32
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,073.80
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$4,570.88
6 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
$891.25
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$1,621.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$645.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$2,454.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$489.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$323.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$2,290.87

Where Iowa 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

Iowa· 13th of 51

$7,286

$4,266 physician + $3,020 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.