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Placing A Bile Drainage Tube Through The Liver

Wisconsin 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?

$933

Typical negotiated rate. In Wisconsin, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $933 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $933 from a physician practice, and about $708 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 6 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$933$813 to $2,239
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$708$501 to $1,349

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $708 · 10th to 90th $437 to $2,455Professionalmedian $933 · 10th to 90th $813 to $2,239
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $708professional $933

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
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$2,238.72
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,380.38
DeanCare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$954.99
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$2,570.40
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$2,238.72
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$58.88
Prevea360
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$954.99
Quartz
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,981.07
Median
$5,754.40
Typical High
$5,754.40
Quartz
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$2,238.72

Where Wisconsin 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.

Wisconsin· 30th of 44

$933

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.