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Opening a Bile Duct at the Liver to Clear It

Kentucky 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?

$4,409

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,409 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,778 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,630 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$1,778$1,622 to $2,138
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,630$741 to $5,888

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,630 · 10th to 90th $457 to $9,772Professionalmedian $1,778 · 10th to 90th $1,479 to $2,818
$100$1K$10Kfacility $2,630professional $1,778

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
$2,089.30
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$2,630.27
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$2,630.27
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,548.13
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$11,220.18
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$1,949.84
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,230.27
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$309.03
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$269.15
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$3,162.28
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$3,162.28
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$3,548.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$11,220.18
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$8,317.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$3,311.31
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
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,318.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$524.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$1,995.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$398.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$263.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$1,862.09

Where Kentucky 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

Kentucky· 30th of 51

$4,409

$1,778 physician + $2,630 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.