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Opening a Bile Duct at the Liver to Clear It

Minnesota 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?

$10,301

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10,301 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $4,677 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,623 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$4,677$3,311 to $6,607
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,623$2,239 to $8,318

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,623 · 10th to 90th $1,585 to $15,488Professionalmedian $4,677 · 10th to 90th $2,138 to $7,762
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $5,623professional $4,677

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
$1,905.46
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$1,905.46
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$3,467.37
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$17,378.01
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,388.44
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$7,762.47
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,570.88
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$19,498.45
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,311.31
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$8,709.64
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,495.41
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$15,488.17
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,467.37
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$7,943.28
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$5,888.44
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$15,488.17
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$8,511.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$7,244.36

Where Minnesota 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

Minnesota· 7th of 50

$10,301

$4,677 physician + $5,623 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.