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Opening a Bile Duct at the Liver to Clear It

Tennessee 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?

$4,043

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,043 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,630 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,413 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$2,630$2,239 to $15,136
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,413$708 to $2,630

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,413 · 10th to 90th $513 to $3,715Professionalmedian $2,630 · 10th to 90th $1,905 to $17,378
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,413professional $2,630

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
$2,454.71
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$2,884.03
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$3,630.78
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$4,265.80
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$3,467.37
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15,135.61
Median
$15,135.61
Typical High
$17,378.01
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$3,981.07
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$4,365.16
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
$954.99
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,445.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$575.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$2,187.76
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$436.52
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$288.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$2,041.74

Where Tennessee 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

Tennessee· 36th of 51

$4,043

$2,630 physician + $1,413 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.