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Opening a Bile Duct at the Liver to Clear It

Alaska rates for HCPCS 47400

Open surgery that cuts into a bile duct at the liver so it can be explored, drained, or cleared of a stone lodged inside. Bile carries waste from the liver toward the intestine, and a blockage brings on jaundice, pain, and infection if it is not relieved.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Opening a Bile Duct at the Liver to Clear It cost?

$8,390

Typical total for the visit. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8,390 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $5,370 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,020 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$5,370$2,344 to $8,710
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,020$2,512 to $4,365

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,020 · 10th to 90th $2,138 to $7,079Professionalmedian $5,370 · 10th to 90th $2,138 to $12,023
$100.0$500.0$2.0K$10.0Kfacility $3,020professional $5,370

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,309.57
Median
$9,772.37
Typical High
$16,595.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$11,220.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$6,760.83
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$5,011.87
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,011.87
Median
$6,606.93
Typical High
$12,882.50
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,309.57
Median
$8,709.64
Typical High
$12,589.25
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$5,011.87
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$6,456.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$8,709.64

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 5.8 times more in Maine than in Maryland. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Physician feeFacility feeAlaska $8,390 · 12th of 50
ME $15,813MD $2,727

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.