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Opening a Bile Duct at the Liver to Clear It

Louisiana 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?

$5,602

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,602 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,512 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,090 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$2,512$2,138 to $3,311
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,090$1,122 to $3,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,090 · 10th to 90th $776 to $4,365Professionalmedian $2,512 · 10th to 90th $1,950 to $3,890
$100.0$1.0K$10.0K$100.0Kfacility $3,090professional $2,512

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
$933.25
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$3,715.35
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$3,715.35
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$1,949.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,096.48
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$5,370.32
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$6,025.60
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$3,981.07

Where Louisiana 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 feeLouisiana $5,602 · 34th 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.