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Opening a Bile Duct at the Liver to Clear It

Massachusetts 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?

$5,819

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,819 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $3,631 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,188 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$3,631$2,570 to $5,888
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,188$794 to $3,090

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,188 · 10th to 90th $407 to $4,074Professionalmedian $3,631 · 10th to 90th $2,042 to $14,454
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,188professional $3,631

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
$2,691.53
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$5,623.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,884.03
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$5,128.61
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$14,454.40
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,380.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$5,011.87
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$3,630.78
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$3,801.89
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$4,073.80
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$6,309.57
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$5,128.61
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$14,454.40
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$4,073.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$8,317.64
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$3,235.94
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$2,041.74
8 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
$1,023.29
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,445.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$575.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$2,187.76
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$436.52
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$288.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$2,041.74
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,288.25
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Q3 · Living kidney donor
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,000.00

Where Massachusetts 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

Massachusetts· 21st of 51

$5,819

$3,631 physician + $2,188 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.