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Placing A Bile Drainage Tube Through The Liver

Iowa rates for HCPCS 47510

Placement of a drainage tube into the bile ducts by passing a needle and then a catheter through the skin and through the liver. It relieves a blocked bile system by letting bile drain out, and is done with imaging guidance rather than through an open operation.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Placing A Bile Drainage Tube Through The Liver cost?

$1,047

Typical physician fee. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,047 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $851 to $1,318.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $851 · 10th to 90th $603 to $1,288Professionalmedian $1,288 · 10th to 90th $851 to $2,239
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $851professional $1,288

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
$1,047.13
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,318.26
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,288.25
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,288.25
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$2,238.72
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$851.14
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$912.01

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 17.0 times more in California than in Illinois. 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.

Iowa· 27th of 44

$1,047

CA $5,888IL $347

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.