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Opening a Bile Duct at the Liver to Clear It

New Jersey 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?

$9,209

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $9,209 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,291 to the doctor who performs it, and $6,918 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$2,291$2,042 to $3,090
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$6,918$4,467 to $10,233

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,918 · 10th to 90th $2,455 to $11,749Professionalmedian $2,291 · 10th to 90th $1,778 to $4,677
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $6,918professional $2,291

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
$3,630.78
Median
$6,918.31
Typical High
$12,302.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$3,548.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$5,128.61
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$4,168.69
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$251.19
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$5,128.61
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$10,471.29
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$4,677.35

Where New Jersey 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 Jersey· 11th of 50

$9,209

$2,291 physician + $6,918 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.