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Removal of Bile Duct Tumor Inside the Liver

North Carolina 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?

$4,033

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,033 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $3,162 to the doctor who performs it, and $871 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$3,162$2,089 to $4,169
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$871$603 to $2,818

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $871 · 10th to 90th $398 to $6,761Professionalmedian $3,162 · 10th to 90th $1,995 to $5,370
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $871professional $3,162

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
$1,288.25
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$2,344.23
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$5,623.41
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$29,512.09
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$3,890.45
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,019.95
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$4,677.35
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$3,162.28
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$2,454.71
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$1,862.09
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$5,011.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$3,715.35
11 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
$977.24
Typical High
$1,148.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$467.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$1,737.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$346.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$234.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,621.81
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,318.26
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$524.81
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$363.08
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$363.08
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$363.08

Where North Carolina 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

North Carolina· 33rd of 51

$4,033

$3,162 physician + $871 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.