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Opening a Bile Duct at the Liver to Clear It

Oklahoma 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?

$4,583

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,583 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,239 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,344 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$2,239$2,042 to $2,630
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,344$1,380 to $3,890

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,344 · 10th to 90th $1,000 to $6,457Professionalmedian $2,239 · 10th to 90th $1,905 to $3,548
$100.0$500.0$2.0K$10.0Kfacility $2,344professional $2,239

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
$1,000.00
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$6,606.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$3,388.44
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$3,630.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$3,388.44
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$5,888.44
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$15,488.17
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$6,165.95
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$3,467.37

Where Oklahoma 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 feeOklahoma $4,583 · 44th 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.