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Bile Duct Dye Injection Through The Liver

Minnesota 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?

$257

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $257 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $251 from a physician practice, and about $316 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 3 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$251$204 to $316
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$316$257 to $708

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $316 · 10th to 90th $209 to $708Professionalmedian $251 · 10th to 90th $162 to $380
$200$500$1Kfacility $316professional $251

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
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$891.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$398.11
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$707.95
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$363.08
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$338.84
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,047.13

Where Minnesota sits

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.

Minnesota· 22nd of 43

$257

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.