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Opening a Bile Duct at the Liver to Clear It

Missouri 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?

$6,568

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,568 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,399 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,169 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$2,399$2,089 to $3,162
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,169$2,570 to $5,754

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,169 · 10th to 90th $1,950 to $8,511Professionalmedian $2,399 · 10th to 90th $1,905 to $4,571
$100.0$500.0$2.0K$10.0Kfacility $4,169professional $2,399

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
$1,778.28
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$4,897.79
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$10,000.00
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$3,981.07
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$3,467.37
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$3,548.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$4,466.84
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$6,165.95
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$15,488.17
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$10,471.29
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$4,365.16

Where Missouri 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 feeMissouri $6,568 · 22nd 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.