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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 October 2026.

How much does Opening a Bile Duct at the Liver to Clear It cost?

$7,913

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,913 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $4,677 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,236 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$3,802 to $5,012
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,236$676 to $7,244

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,236 · 10th to 90th $537 to $11,482Professionalmedian $4,677 · 10th to 90th $2,630 to $15,488
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $3,236professional $4,677

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
$1,862.09
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$21,877.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$2,511.89
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6,165.95
Median
$8,128.31
Typical High
$16,595.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,467.37
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$5,888.44
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$4,466.84
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$15,488.17
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,801.89
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$6,309.57
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,801.89
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$6,309.57
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$3,801.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$5,495.41
6 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
$933.25
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,122.02
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$457.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,698.24
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$338.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$223.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,584.89

Where Nebraska 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

Nebraska· 9th of 51

$7,913

$4,677 physician + $3,236 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.