$3,128.90–$3,488.95
Both describe percutaneous liver tumor ablation, but 47382 is for radiofrequency ablation; 47384 is for irreversible electroporation.
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CMS RVU26D · Effective 2026-10-01
47384 Liver ablation Medicare reimbursement rates in Georgia
Report this service for percutaneous destruction of one or more liver tumors using irreversible electroporation, with imaging guidance included when performed. Compare 47384 office and facility rates across CMS payment localities in Georgia.
Amounts below use the non-QP conversion factor for participating physicians. These are base physician payments before claim-level adjustments, not patient costs or total hospital charges.
What does Medicare pay for 47384 in Georgia?
Georgia has 2 payment localities in this comparison. Use the service location to choose the applicable amount. These are the supported base rates for the 2 payment areas shown below, using the same CMS release.
Office / nonfacility
No supported rate
Facility setting
$423.55–$433.81
2 of 2 localities have a supported rate.
These are locality ranges, not averages or address-specific quotes. A facility-setting amount covers the physician service; it does not include a hospital’s separate bill. Choose a locality below to inspect its calculation, compare other payment areas, or price a percentage of Medicare.
Liver procedures
About 47384: Percutaneous liver tumor electroporation ablation
Report this service for percutaneous destruction of one or more liver tumors using irreversible electroporation, with imaging guidance included when performed.
An interventional radiologist or surgeon places electrodes through the skin into a liver tumor and delivers electrical pulses to destroy the targeted tissue. The service is used for one or more liver tumors treated percutaneously, commonly in a hospital interventional radiology or procedural suite. Imaging used to guide the treatment is included when performed, rather than separately represented as part of this code.
Documentation should identify the liver target, the percutaneous approach, use of irreversible electroporation, and the treatment performed. The code has a 0-day global period, so same-day preoperative and postoperative care is 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. Modifier 50 is inappropriate. Medicare does not pay an assistant at surgery for this service, and co-surgeons and team surgery are not permitted.
CMS billing rules for 47384
- Global period
- Minor procedure with a 0-day global period: same-day preoperative and postoperative care is included.
- Multiple procedures
- Standard multiple procedure reduction: the highest-valued procedure is paid in full and others at 50% when performed in the same session.
- Bilateral procedures
- Bilateral adjustment does not apply; the descriptor or anatomy makes modifier 50 inappropriate.
- Assistant at surgery
- Statutory restriction: assistant at surgery is not paid.
- Co-surgeons
- Co-surgeons not permitted.
- Team surgery
- Team surgery not permitted.
Where the value comes from
- Work RVU9.41 · 74%
- Practice expense (office) RVU2.17 · 17%
- Malpractice RVU1.12 · 9%
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.
47384 compared with similar codes
Office rates for Georgia, from the same CMS release.
$5,236.68–$5,919.44
Both use a percutaneous approach for liver tumor ablation, but 47383 represents cryoablation and 47384 represents irreversible electroporation.
No office rate
47370 is for laparoscopic radiofrequency ablation. Choose 47384 when the tumor is treated percutaneously with irreversible electroporation.
Compare 47384 by payment locality
Find the payment area for your service address, then open its rate page for calculation inputs, release history and the percentage-of-Medicare tool. A city may cross payment-area boundaries; the ZIP lookup above helps resolve the location.
2 of 2 payment localities
Atlanta →
Office / nonfacility
Unavailable
Facility
$433.81
Rest Of Georgia →
Office / nonfacility
Unavailable
Facility
$423.55
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47384 billing questions
How is this code different from percutaneous radiofrequency or cryoablation?
This code is for irreversible electroporation. Use the corresponding code for percutaneous radiofrequency ablation or cryoablation when that is the method performed.
Is imaging guidance separately reported with this service?
Imaging guidance used for the ablation is included when performed. Do not separately report guidance as though it were outside this service.
Does the code cover treatment of more than one liver tumor?
It covers percutaneous irreversible electroporation treatment of one or more liver tumors. The documentation should support the targets treated and the procedure performed.
Can modifier 50 be used when tumors are on both sides of the liver?
No. The CMS bilateral adjustment does not apply, and modifier 50 is inappropriate for this code.
How are other procedures in the same session paid?
The highest-valued procedure is paid in full, with the other procedures subject to the standard 50% multiple-procedure reduction. Medicare does not pay an assistant at surgery for this service; co-surgeons and team surgery are not permitted.
Where these rates come from
FeeBase calculates base physician payments from CMS work, practice-expense, and malpractice RVUs, adjusted by each locality’s geographic indices and the applicable conversion factor. Unavailable or separately priced services are labeled rather than assigned a made-up amount.
Source: RVU26D. Effective 2026-10-01 through the day before 2027-01-01.
5,67247381,,Open ablate liver tumor cryo,A,,24.26,10.66,NA,10.66,,6.48,41.40,41.40,0,090,0.09,0.81,0.10,2,0,2,1,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
5,67347382,,Percut ablate liver rf,A,,14.60,86.46,,2.94,,1.64,102.70,19.18,0,010,0.10,0.80,0.10,2,0,1,0,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
5,67447383,,Perq abltj lvr cryoablation,A,,8.66,164.56,,2.29,,1.12,174.34,12.07,0,010,0.10,0.80,0.10,2,0,1,0,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
5,67547384,,Abltj ire liver 1+ tum perq,A,,9.41,2.17,NA,2.17,,1.12,12.70,12.70,0,000,0.00,0.00,0.00,2,0,1,0,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
5,67647399,,Unlisted procedure liver,C,,0.00,0.00,,0.00,,0.00,0.00,0.00,0,YYY,0.00,0.00,0.00,2,0,1,1,1,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
5,67747400,,Incision of liver duct,A,,35.45,14.74,NA,14.74,,9.49,59.68,59.68,0,090,0.09,0.81,0.10,2,0,2,1,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
5,67847420,,Incision of bile duct,A,,21.48,10.23,NA,10.23,,5.38,37.09,37.09,0,090,0.09,0.81,0.10,2,0,2,1,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00