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Needle heat (radiofrequency) destruction of liver tumors

CPT 47382the billing code this page is about

Radiofrequency energy is delivered through the skin by needle probe, with imaging guidance, to destroy one or more liver tumors in a single session.

Hospitals typically charge $6,904 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 1,470 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $7,183. Most fall between $3,914 and $11,505 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
1,470
States
50
Filings dated
Feb 2024 – 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 1,470 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
$2,704$4,532$6,904$10,364$15,335

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 5.7× what the cheapest tenth charges ($2,704 vs $15,335).

How the prices are spread

$1,723 – $2,191: 41 hospitals$1,723$2,191 – $2,786: 40 hospitals$2,786 – $3,543: 93 hospitals$2,786$3,543 – $4,505: 120 hospitals$4,505 – $5,729: 163 hospitals$4,505$5,729 – $7,285: 266 hospitals$7,285 – $9,263: 211 hospitals$7,285$9,263 – $11,779: 179 hospitals$11,779 – $14,979: 116 hospitals$11,779$14,979 – $19,047: 95 hospitals$14,979median $6,904price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (1,324 of 1,470 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$1,723$2,19141
$2,191$2,78640
$2,786$3,54393
$3,543$4,505120
$4,505$5,729163
$5,729$7,285266
$7,285$9,263211
$9,263$11,779179
$11,779$14,979116
$14,979$19,04795

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$6,176
Median cash price$6,904
Cash as a multiple of Medicare1.12×

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 $6,904.

Alaska: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $6,332 across 37 hospitalsWA$6,332Idaho: median $9,316 across 12 hospitalsID$9,316Montana: median $6,480 across 10 hospitalsMT$6,480North Dakota: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $5,735 across 34 hospitalsMN$5,735Illinois: median $6,825 across 65 hospitalsIL$6,825Wisconsin: median $6,032 across 48 hospitalsWI$6,032Michigan: median $6,032 across 50 hospitalsMI$6,032New York: median $7,176 across 53 hospitalsNY$7,176Massachusetts: median $7,266 across 27 hospitalsMA$7,266Oregon: median $9,945 across 28 hospitalsOR$9,945Nevada: median $4,060 across 10 hospitalsNV$4,060Wyoming: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $8,688 across 18 hospitalsIA$8,688Indiana: median $5,128 across 40 hospitalsIN$5,128Ohio: median $6,566 across 91 hospitalsOH$6,566Pennsylvania: median $8,124 across 67 hospitalsPA$8,124New Jersey: median $6,463 across 52 hospitalsNJ$6,463Connecticut: median $8,697 across 15 hospitalsCT$8,697Rhode Island: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $10,287 across 121 hospitalsCA$10,287Utah: median $8,234 across 23 hospitalsUT$8,234Colorado: median $6,496 across 32 hospitalsCO$6,496Nebraska: median $2,819 across 14 hospitalsNE$2,819Missouri: median $4,876 across 31 hospitalsMO$4,876Kentucky: median $14,116 across 17 hospitalsKY$14,116West Virginia: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: median $4,014 across 35 hospitalsVA$4,014Maryland: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $4,822 across 31 hospitalsAZ$4,822New Mexico: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: median $9,123 across 13 hospitalsKS$9,123Arkansas: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: median $1,791 across 32 hospitalsTN$1,791North Carolina: median $5,057 across 39 hospitalsNC$5,057South Carolina: median $9,897 across 28 hospitalsSC$9,897Oklahoma: median $5,957 across 25 hospitalsOK$5,957Louisiana: median $4,800 across 25 hospitalsLA$4,800Mississippi: median $3,704 across 19 hospitalsMS$3,704Alabama: median $7,558 across 13 hospitalsAL$7,558Georgia: median $3,271 across 57 hospitalsGA$3,271Hawaii: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $8,169 across 109 hospitalsTX$8,169Florida: median $8,282 across 72 hospitalsFL$8,282
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $6,904. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Kentucky KY17$14,116+104%$3,704 – $23,427
California CA121$10,287+49%$6,952 – $15,335
Oregon OR28$9,945+44%$4,726 – $13,047
South Carolina SC28$9,897+43%$6,505 – $12,846
Idaho ID12$9,316+35%$7,800 – $15,131
Kansas KS13$9,123+32%$4,859 – $15,096
Connecticut CT15$8,697+26%$7,217 – $13,467
Iowa IA18$8,688+26%$6,087 – $10,754
Florida FL72$8,282+20%$5,381 – $14,656
Utah UT23$8,234+19%$8,234 – $9,687
Texas TX109$8,169+18%$6,367 – $19,813
Pennsylvania PA67$8,124+18%$6,500 – $14,819
Alabama AL13$7,558+9%$4,999 – $12,248
Massachusetts MA27$7,266+5%$4,313 – $11,007
New York NY53$7,176+4%$5,826 – $10,832
Illinois IL65$6,825−1%$3,161 – $12,203
Ohio OH91$6,566−5%$5,383 – $11,855
Colorado CO32$6,496−6%$5,435 – $13,714
Montana MT10$6,480−6%$3,158 – $6,480
New Jersey NJ52$6,463−6%$4,881 – $7,822
Washington WA37$6,332−8%$3,871 – $9,433
Michigan MI50$6,032−13%$822 – $10,399
Wisconsin WI48$6,032−13%$4,650 – $10,086
Oklahoma OK25$5,957−14%$3,382 – $7,156
Minnesota MN34$5,735−17%$4,340 – $6,236
Indiana IN40$5,128−26%$3,392 – $9,100
North Carolina NC39$5,057−27%$1,984 – $5,696
Missouri MO31$4,876−29%$4,386 – $9,900
Arizona AZ31$4,822−30%$2,509 – $7,835
Louisiana LA25$4,800−30%$2,374 – $9,505
Nevada NV10$4,060−41%$2,554 – $14,388
Virginia VA35$4,014−42%$2,422 – $5,379
Mississippi MS19$3,704−46%$2,374 – $4,760
Georgia GA57$3,271−53%$2,982 – $11,936
Nebraska NE14$2,819−59%$1,620 – $3,772
Tennessee TN32$1,791−74%$1,332 – $3,013
Arkansas AR9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY3not 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 $6,904.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care1,307$6,952$3,906 – $11,556
Children’s31$12,575$4,859 – $16,013
Critical access124$6,367$3,994 – $10,399
Ownership
For-profit123$7,835$3,271 – $13,521
Government170$5,950$3,170 – $10,104
Non-profit1,169$6,952$4,043 – $11,479
System affiliation
Part of a system1,305$6,904$3,914 – $11,437
Independent165$7,380$3,986 – $13,467

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$12,307
Median cash price$6,904
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

1,159 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $7,143 and the average of the middle 60% is $7,409; most fall between $3,906 and $11,936.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 1,159 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
$2,704$4,650$7,143$10,502$15,427

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 5.7× what the cheapest tenth charges ($2,704 vs $15,427).

Of the 1,232 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 1,159 gave a usable cash price; 28 carried a plausibility flag, 1 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 44 a list price only.

How complete is this

1,470 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (37%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 1,567 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted1,470
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here43
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded1
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded4
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded49
Hospitals that filed this code1,567

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 24, 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 Ablat,Open,1+ Liver Tumor(S),Percut Rf.

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, “Needle heat (radiofrequency) destruction of liver tumors (CPT 47382) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-47382-needle-heat-radiofrequency-destruction-of-liver-tumors