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Opening a Bile Duct at the Liver to Clear It

Nebraska 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?

$10,156

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10,156 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,570 to the doctor who performs it, and $7,586 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$2,570$2,138 to $3,890
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$7,586$3,467 to $12,589

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,586 · 10th to 90th $2,344 to $14,454Professionalmedian $2,570 · 10th to 90th $1,905 to $6,166
$1.0K$2.0K$5.0K$10.0K$20.0Kfacility $7,586professional $2,570

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
$6,025.60
Median
$8,511.38
Typical High
$14,454.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$6,165.95
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,025.60
Median
$7,762.47
Typical High
$15,135.61
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$4,168.69
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$6,309.57
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$4,677.35
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$15,488.17
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,981.07
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$6,760.83
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,548.13
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$6,760.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$8,128.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$5,248.07

Where Nebraska 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 feeNebraska $10,156 · 8th 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.