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Removal of Bile Duct Tumor Inside the Liver

South 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?

$2,862

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,862 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,950 to the doctor who performs it, and $912 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$1,950$1,738 to $2,344
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$912$603 to $3,715

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $912 · 10th to 90th $457 to $8,318Professionalmedian $1,950 · 10th to 90th $275 to $2,951
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $912professional $1,950

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
$2,344.23
Median
$9,120.11
Typical High
$22,908.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$2,344.23
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$812.83
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$2,041.74
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,905.46
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$3,235.94
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$2,570.40
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
$2,089.30
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$2,511.89
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$3,019.95
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$8,709.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$3,388.44
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
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,174.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$467.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$1,778.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$354.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$234.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$1,659.59
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,412.54
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$562.34
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$398.11
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$398.11
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$398.11

Where South 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

South Carolina· 47th of 51

$2,862

$1,950 physician + $912 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.