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Opening The Main Bile Duct To Remove Stones

Texas rates for HCPCS 47420

Opens the main bile duct through an incision in the abdomen to remove stones or drain it, restoring the flow of bile from the liver to the intestine. The gallbladder may be opened during the same operation. A tube is often left in the duct afterwards to keep it draining while it heals.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Opening The Main Bile Duct To Remove Stones cost?

$2,089

Typical facility fee. In Texas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,089 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $1,413 to $3,715.

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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,089 · 10th to 90th $1,072 to $6,918
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,089

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
$3,715.35
Typical High
$12,302.69
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$8,317.64
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,318.26
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$2,691.53
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$8,317.64
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$2,884.03
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$2,884.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$9,120.11

Where Texas sits

The same service costs 10.7 times more in Maine than in Mississippi. 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.

Texas· 34th of 50

$2,089

ME $13,183MS $1,230

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.