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Bile Duct Dye Injection Through The Liver

Texas 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?

$148

Typical negotiated rate. In Texas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $148 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,047 from a physician practice, and about $138 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 5 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$1,047$1,047 to $1,047
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$138$112 to $174

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $138 · 10th to 90th $56 to $295Professionalmedian $1,047 · 10th to 90th $1,047 to $1,047
$100.0$200.0$500.0$1.0Kfacility $138professional $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
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$457.09
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$1,288.25
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,047.13
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$251.19
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$138.04
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$251.19

Where Texas sits

The same service costs 38.0 times more in California than in Florida. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Texas $148 · 39th of 43
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.