Bile Duct Dye Injection Through The Liver

Nationwide rates for HCPCS 47500

A needle is passed through the skin of the upper abdomen into the liver until it enters a bile duct, and contrast dye is then injected so the duct system shows up on X-ray pictures. It is used when the ducts cannot be reached with a scope from the intestine, most often when something is blocking bile from draining.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Bile Duct Dye Injection Through The Liver cost?

$2,692

Typical negotiated rate. Nationwide, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,692 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $269 from a physician practice, and about $3,388 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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 26 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed by	Who charges it	Typical	Range
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider	A doctor's office, clinic or independent provider	$269	$200 to $631
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department	A hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department	$3,388	$380 to $5,370

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,388 · 10th to 90th $138 to $10,000Professionalmedian $269 · 10th to 90th $135 to $1,047

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	Facility/Professional	Modifier	Typical Low	Median	Typical High
BCBS Setting Facility Modifier Global Typical Low $2,570.40 Median $4,365.16 Typical High $12,882.50	Facility	Global	$2,570.40	$4,365.16	$12,882.50
Cigna Setting Facility Modifier Global Typical Low $239.88 Median $323.59 Typical High $891.25	Facility	Global	$239.88	$323.59	$891.25
Cigna Setting Professional Modifier Global Typical Low $165.96 Median $257.04 Typical High $426.58	Professional	Global	$165.96	$257.04	$426.58

What it costs in each state

The same service costs 38.0 times more in California than in Florida. 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.

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CA $4,169FL $110

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.