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Opening a Bile Duct at the Liver to Clear It

New Hampshire 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?

$12,431

Typical total for the visit. In New Hampshire, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $12,431 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $3,311 to the doctor who performs it, and $9,120 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$3,311$2,455 to $4,467
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$9,120$5,248 to $14,791

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $9,120 · 10th to 90th $2,399 to $16,596Professionalmedian $3,311 · 10th to 90th $2,042 to $5,248
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $9,120professional $3,311

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
$100.00
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$9,772.37
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$3,162.28
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,890.45
Median
$10,964.78
Typical High
$16,982.44
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$6,165.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$5,370.32
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$7,413.10
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$5,248.07
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$7,413.10
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$6,309.57
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$2,511.89

Where New Hampshire 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

New Hampshire· 3rd of 50

$12,431

$3,311 physician + $9,120 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.