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Opening a Bile Duct at the Liver to Clear It

Illinois 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?

$4,193

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,193 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,455 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,738 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$2,455$2,188 to $3,311
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,738$708 to $4,169

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,738 · 10th to 90th $513 to $15,136Professionalmedian $2,455 · 10th to 90th $2,042 to $4,169
$100$1K$10Kfacility $1,738professional $2,455

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

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$2,344.23
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12,022.64
Median
$25,703.96
Typical High
$51,286.14
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$3,890.45
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$2,511.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$4,073.80
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$8,912.51
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$3,162.28
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$295.12
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$7,079.46
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$4,365.16
6 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
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,148.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$467.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$1,737.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$346.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$234.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$1,621.81

Where Illinois 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

Illinois· 33rd of 51

$4,193

$2,455 physician + $1,738 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.