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Keyhole heat (radiofrequency) destruction of liver tumors

CPT 47370the billing code this page is about

Through small abdominal incisions, radiofrequency energy is used to destroy one or more liver tumors; the code covers all tumors treated in the session.

Hospitals typically charge $6,839 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 309 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $7,842. Most fall between $2,064 and $15,620 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
309
States
41
Filings dated
Mar 2023 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 24, 2026

Median: half of hospitals filed less, half more — and it is a price some hospital actually filed. Average of the middle 60%: the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain average, the lowest or the highest price: the extremes in hospital price files are chargemaster artefacts, not prices anyone pays.

What hospitals charge, from cheapest to most expensive

Cash price percentiles, outpatient, across 309 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$1,523$2,304$6,839$14,283$21,226

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 14× what the cheapest tenth charges ($1,523 vs $21,226).

How the prices are spread

$1,152 – $1,599: 37 hospitals$1,152$1,599 – $2,221: 23 hospitals$2,221 – $3,083: 30 hospitals$2,221$3,083 – $4,281: 18 hospitals$4,281 – $5,944: 31 hospitals$4,281$5,944 – $8,253: 7 hospitals$8,253 – $11,458: 29 hospitals$8,253$11,458 – $15,910: 63 hospitals$15,910 – $22,090: 29 hospitals$15,910$22,090 – $30,670: 13 hospitals$22,090median $6,839price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (280 of 309 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$1,152$1,59937
$1,599$2,22123
$2,221$3,08330
$3,083$4,28118
$4,281$5,94431
$5,944$8,2537
$8,253$11,45829
$11,458$15,91063
$15,910$22,09029
$22,090$30,67013

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$10,860
Median cash price$6,839
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.63×

The Medicare figure is the national unadjusted OPPS rate for this code — what Medicare itself pays a hospital before local wage adjustment. It is a benchmark, not a price anyone is charged.

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $6,839.

Alaska: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMEVermont: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWAIdaho: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMNIllinois: median $2,548 across 15 hospitalsIL$2,548Wisconsin: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWIMichigan: median $1,523 across 20 hospitalsMI$1,523New York: median $12,320 across 22 hospitalsNY$12,320Massachusetts: median $32,327 across 10 hospitalsMA$32,327Oregon: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureORNevada: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceSDIowa: median $3,062 across 14 hospitalsIA$3,062Indiana: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureINOhio: median $5,408 across 11 hospitalsOH$5,408Pennsylvania: median $6,841 across 19 hospitalsPA$6,841New Jersey: median $11,378 across 29 hospitalsNJ$11,378Connecticut: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceCTRhode Island: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceRICalifornia: median $18,648 across 37 hospitalsCA$18,648Utah: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceUTColorado: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMOKentucky: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVAMaryland: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceDEArizona: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceNMKansas: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTNNorth Carolina: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNCSouth Carolina: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $2,064 across 12 hospitalsOK$2,064Louisiana: median $8,879 across 10 hospitalsLA$8,879Mississippi: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMSAlabama: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceGAHawaii: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $10,948 across 20 hospitalsTX$10,948Florida: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureFL
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $6,839. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Massachusetts MA10$32,327+373%$18,173 – $32,327
California CA37$18,648+173%$4,659 – $18,648
New York NY22$12,320+80%$3,806 – $12,320
New Jersey NJ29$11,378+66%$4,881 – $13,753
Texas TX20$10,948+60%$10,711 – $10,948
Louisiana LA10$8,879+30%$2,904 – $12,267
Pennsylvania PA19$6,8410%$359 – $18,740
Ohio OH11$5,408−21%$4,663 – $11,178
Iowa IA14$3,062−55%$3,062 – $3,062
Illinois IL15$2,548−63%$1,562 – $14,283
Oklahoma OK12$2,064−70%$2,064 – $2,064
Michigan MI20$1,523−78%$1,523 – $7,452
Florida FL7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wisconsin WI7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Virginia VA6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Indiana IN5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Oregon OR5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Washington WA4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Missouri MO3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Minnesota MN2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND1not enough hospitals filed a usable price

Hospitals like yours

The same distribution cut by the kind of hospital. Hospital type and ownership come from CMS; a hospital counts as part of a system when its price file is shared with at least one other hospital under the same brand. The national median is $6,839.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care277$7,452$2,064 – $15,620
Children’s5fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access26$3,062$1,562 – $15,620
Ownership
For-profit25$4,426$1,562 – $22,351
Government36$10,451$2,528 – $13,485
Non-profit247$5,855$2,064 – $15,620
System affiliation
Part of a system269$8,858$2,064 – $15,737
Independent40$3,750$2,028 – $11,519

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$8,879
Median cash price$6,839
Cash as a share of list, median hospital60%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 40%. The share is the median of each hospital’s own cash ÷ list ratio, over hospitals that filed both — not the ratio of the two medians above.

The same procedure, inpatient

184 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $4,236 and the average of the middle 60% is $7,645; most fall between $1,562 and $18,648.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 184 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$1,288$2,064$4,236$14,833$19,618

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 15× what the cheapest tenth charges ($1,288 vs $19,618).

Of the 199 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 184 gave a usable cash price; 12 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 3 a list price only.

How complete is this

309 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (8%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 342 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted309
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here21
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded1
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded1
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded10
Hospitals that filed this code342

Sections not shown for this setting

  • Since our last snapshot: there is no earlier snapshot at least 90 days older than this one yet.

We last checked these hospitals’ price files for changes between September 4, 2026 and September 24, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 23, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Related procedures

Part of the Other OR gastrointestinal therapeutic procedures family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as PR Lap,Ablat 1+ Liver Tumor(S),Radiofreq.

Method

Source
The machine-readable price files every U.S. hospital is required by CMS to publish, parsed per hospital. Nothing is surveyed, sampled or modelled.
What counts
One cash (self-pay) price per hospital for this code and setting. A hospital’s own filing can rule its number out — a placeholder, a “not applicable” note, a list price standing in for cash — and our plausibility checks can flag a price far below what every other hospital files. Both kinds are disclosed above and excluded from the statistics; on the compare tool a flagged price is still shown.
Statistics
Percentiles are discrete: each is a price some hospital filed. The average is the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain mean, the minimum or the maximum. A state needs 10 hospitals and a segment 20 to show a figure; otherwise the row shows its count and no number. Medicare is the national unadjusted OPPS rate where one exists.
Names
Procedure names on these pages are our own plain-language titles, not the AMA’s copyrighted CPT descriptors. The code is the identity.

The full rules — sources, statistics, thresholds, limitations — are on the methodology page.

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Cite: HospitalRates.com, “Keyhole heat (radiofrequency) destruction of liver tumors (CPT 47370) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-47370-keyhole-heat-radiofrequency-destruction-of-liver-tumors