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Opening a Bile Duct at the Liver to Clear It

Iowa 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?

$7,629

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,629 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,951 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,677 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$2,951$2,239 to $4,365
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,677$3,162 to $6,457

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,677 · 10th to 90th $2,089 to $7,943Professionalmedian $2,951 · 10th to 90th $1,905 to $8,511
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $4,677professional $2,951

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
$3,467.37
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$11,481.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$11,220.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$5,888.44
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$7,943.28
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$5,888.44
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$15,488.17
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,630.78
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$5,888.44
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$5,888.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$7,585.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$5,754.40
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,467.37
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$4,897.79

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 5.8 times more in Maine than in Maryland. 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

Iowa· 15th of 50

$7,629

$2,951 physician + $4,677 facility

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.