No office rate
Both describe laparoscopic liver tumor ablation. Use 47370 for radiofrequency energy and 47371 for cryosurgery.
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CMS RVU26D · Effective 2026-10-01
47370 Liver tumor ablation Medicare reimbursement rates in Illinois
Reports laparoscopic destruction of one or more liver tumors using radiofrequency energy, when the surgeon treats the lesions through a minimally invasive operative approach. Compare 47370 office and facility rates across CMS payment localities in Illinois.
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 47370 in Illinois?
Illinois has 4 payment localities in this comparison. Use the service location to choose the applicable amount. These are the supported base rates for the 4 payment areas shown below, using the same CMS release.
Office / nonfacility
No supported rate
Facility setting
$1241.33–$1401.92
4 of 4 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.
Where 47370 pays more and less in Illinois
Hepatobiliary surgery
About 47370: Laparoscopic radiofrequency liver tumor ablation
Reports laparoscopic destruction of one or more liver tumors using radiofrequency energy, when the surgeon treats the lesions through a minimally invasive operative approach.
The surgeon places laparoscopic instruments through small abdominal incisions and uses a radiofrequency probe to destroy one or more liver tumors. This approach may be used for primary liver tumors or metastases when the treatment plan calls for laparoscopic access rather than an open operation or a percutaneous procedure. The service is generally performed by a surgeon in a hospital operating room.
Report this code for the laparoscopic radiofrequency technique, not for open or percutaneous ablation or laparoscopic cryosurgery. The code covers treatment of one or more tumors; document the lesions treated, the laparoscopic approach, and the energy modality. It has a 90-day global period, including the day-before preoperative visit and related postoperative care. When multiple procedures occur in the same session, the highest-valued procedure is paid in full and other procedures are subject to the standard 50% reduction. An assistant at surgery may be paid; co-surgeon payment requires supporting documentation, and team surgery is not permitted. Modifier 50 is inappropriate for this procedure.
CMS billing rules for 47370
- Global period
- Major surgery with a 90-day global period: the day-before preoperative visit and 90 days of related postoperative care are 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
- Assistant at surgery may be paid.
- Co-surgeons
- Co-surgeons paid only with supporting documentation.
- Team surgery
- Team surgery not permitted.
Where the value comes from
- Work RVU20.28 · 58%
- Practice expense (office) RVU9.66 · 28%
- Malpractice RVU5.16 · 15%
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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.
47370 compared with similar codes
Office rates for Illinois, from the same CMS release.
No office rate
Both use radiofrequency energy for liver tumor ablation. Use 47370 for laparoscopic access and 47380 for an open operation.
$3,209.87–$3,553.95
Both describe radiofrequency liver tumor ablation. Use 47370 for laparoscopic access and 47382 when the probe is placed percutaneously.
No office rate
47300 describes surgery for a liver lesion, whereas 47370 specifically identifies laparoscopic radiofrequency ablation of one or more liver tumors.
Compare 47370 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.
4 of 4 payment localities
Chicago →
Office / nonfacility
Unavailable
Facility
$1401.92
East St. Louis →
Office / nonfacility
Unavailable
Facility
$1321.32
Rest Of Illinois →
Office / nonfacility
Unavailable
Facility
$1241.33
Suburban Chicago →
Office / nonfacility
Unavailable
Facility
$1318.88
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47370 billing questions
How is this code distinguished from laparoscopic cryoablation?
This code is for radiofrequency energy. Use the laparoscopic cryosurgery code, 47371, when the surgeon uses cryoablation instead.
Is the code reported separately for each tumor?
No. It covers ablation of one or more liver tumors; document the treated lesions, but do not report separate units for each tumor.
When should an open or percutaneous ablation code be used instead?
Choose the code that matches the access route and modality: 47380 describes open radiofrequency ablation, while 47382 describes percutaneous radiofrequency ablation.
What documentation supports reporting this code?
Document the laparoscopic approach, radiofrequency technique, and the liver tumor or tumors treated. The record should distinguish this service from open, percutaneous, or cryosurgical ablation.
How does the global period affect postoperative billing?
The 90-day global period includes the day-before preoperative visit and 90 days of related postoperative care.
Can an assistant or co-surgeon be paid?
Assistant-at-surgery payment may be available. Co-surgeon payment requires supporting documentation; team surgery is 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.
5,66547360,,Repair liver wound,A,,30.53,13.55,NA,13.55,,8.16,52.24,52.24,0,090,0.09,0.81,0.10,2,0,2,1,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
5,66647361,,Repair liver wound,A,,51.29,18.62,NA,18.62,,13.01,82.92,82.92,0,090,0.09,0.81,0.10,2,0,2,1,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
5,66747362,,Repair liver wound,A,,22.95,11.54,NA,11.54,,5.57,40.06,40.06,0,090,0.09,0.81,0.10,2,0,2,1,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
5,66847370,,Laparo ablate liver tumor rf,A,,20.28,9.66,NA,9.66,,5.16,35.10,35.10,0,090,0.09,0.81,0.10,2,0,2,1,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
5,66947371,,Laparo ablate liver cryosurg,A,,20.28,9.70,NA,9.70,,5.42,35.40,35.40,0,090,0.09,0.81,0.10,2,0,2,1,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
5,67047379,,Unlisted laps px liver,C,,0.00,0.00,,0.00,,0.00,0.00,0.00,0,YYY,0.00,0.00,0.00,2,0,2,1,1,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
5,67147380,,Open ablate liver tumor rf,A,,23.95,10.44,NA,10.44,,5.86,40.25,40.25,0,090,0.09,0.81,0.10,2,0,2,1,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00