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Placing A Bile Drainage Tube Through The Liver

North Carolina 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?

$759

Typical physician fee. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $759 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $631 to $1,047.

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 $692 · 10th to 90th $501 to $1,096Professionalmedian $2,239 · 10th to 90th $2,239 to $2,239
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $692professional $2,239

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
$1,778.28
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$3,090.30
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$831.76
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,000.00
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$724.44
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,754.40
Median
$28,840.32
Typical High
$28,840.32
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$2,238.72

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 34th of 44

$759

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.