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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 October 2026.

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

$18,465

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $18,465 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $7,244 to the doctor who performs it, and $11,220 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$7,244$3,162 to $8,710
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$11,220$1,820 to $16,596

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $11,220 · 10th to 90th $1,000 to $251,189Professionalmedian $7,244 · 10th to 90th $2,138 to $11,220
$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $11,220professional $7,244

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9,772.37
Median
$12,022.64
Typical High
$16,595.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$11,220.18
Typical High
$11,220.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$6,456.54
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,311.31
Median
$11,220.18
Typical High
$16,218.10
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$8,709.64
Typical High
$12,589.25
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8,709.64
Median
$8,709.64
Typical High
$8,709.64
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11,220.18
Median
$251,188.64
Typical High
$346,736.85
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$6,456.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$5,754.40
Typical High
$13,182.57
12 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$5,623.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$2,238.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$8,511.38
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$1,698.24
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,122.02
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$7,943.28
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$5,623.41
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$2,238.72
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$8,511.38
Typical High
$8,511.38
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$1,698.24
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,122.02
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$7,943.28

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 7.6 times more in Maine than in Texas. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Physician feeFacility fee

Alaska· 2nd of 51

$18,465

$7,244 physician + $11,220 facility

ME $18,667TX $2,469

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.