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Placing A Bile Drainage Tube Through The Liver

Pennsylvania 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?

$912

Typical physician fee. In Pennsylvania, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $912 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $724 to $1,445.

Few insurers publish rates for this combination, so treat this figure as a rough guide.

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.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $912 · 10th to 90th $692 to $2,138
$5$20$100$500$2Kprofessional $912

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,290.87
Geisinger
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$741.31
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$954.99

Where Pennsylvania 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.

Pennsylvania· 31st of 44

$912

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.