CPT code 47383: Liver ablation, percutaneous cryoablation2026 Medicare rate & RVUs in Washington, DC area

In Washington, DC area, Medicare pays $6,821.33 for 47383 in the office and $436.61 when it’s performed in a hospital or facility.

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Medicare allowed amount for participating (non-QP) physicians, before deductible, coinsurance and claim adjustments. Not a patient’s bill or a hospital charge.

What 47383 covers

An interventional radiologist or other qualified proceduralist uses percutaneously placed probes to freeze liver tumor tissue. The approach is through the skin rather than laparoscopic or open surgery. The service is performed in a procedural or operating-room setting, commonly with imaging used to guide access and probe placement. The procedural report should identify the target and describe the percutaneous cryoablation performed.

Select this code for cryoablation of liver tumor(s) by the percutaneous route; the ablation method and approach distinguish it from radiofrequency, laparoscopic, open, and irreversible electroporation procedures. Related postoperative visits during the 10-day global period are included. When other procedures are performed in the same session, the highest-valued procedure is paid in full and the others are subject to the standard 50% multiple-procedure reduction. CMS treats this as a unilateral service for payment, so modifier 50 is inappropriate. Assistant-at-surgery payment is restricted, and co-surgeon and team-surgery billing are not permitted.

This summary was written with AI assistance from CMS physician fee schedule data and checked against the CMS billing rules shown here. Rates on this page come directly from CMS files.

How Washington, DC area compares for 47383

Across 109 of 109 payment localities, the office rate for 47383 runs from $5,029.97 in Arkansas to $8,267.00 in San Benito County, CA. Washington, DC area pays $6,821.33. The RVUs are the same everywhere; the geographic indexes change the dollars.

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How the 47383 rate is calculated

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Payment rules and modifiers for 47383

47383 has a 10-day global period: related visits in that window are included in the surgery payment.

What modifiers do to the payment

When to use modifier 51

Codes related to 47383

Related codes aren’t interchangeable: bill the code that matches the service performed.

How 47383 has changed in Washington, DC area

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Where the Washington, DC area rate applies

Washington, DC area is a Medicare payment area, not a city. Our Census mapping connects it to 1 cities and communities in District of Columbia. Some span more than one payment area; confirm with the service ZIP.

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Where these rates come from

FeeBase calculates base physician payments from CMS work, practice-expense and malpractice RVUs, adjusted by each locality’s geographic indexes and the conversion factor. Services without a published rate are labeled, never given a made-up amount. Amounts are Medicare allowed amounts before claim adjustments: not a patient’s bill or a commercial rate.

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