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Placing A Bile Drainage Tube Through The Liver

South 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?

$661

Typical physician fee. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $661 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $550 to $794.

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

Facilitymedian $676 · 10th to 90th $513 to $1,096Professionalmedian $30 · 10th to 90th $30 to $832
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $676professional $30

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
$1,905.46
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$2,290.87
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$831.76
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,096.48
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$30.20

Where South 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.

South Carolina· 42nd of 44

$661

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.