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Adjustment of a Bile Duct Drainage Tube

California rates for HCPCS 47525

This covers a procedure to adjust, exchange, or reposition a tube that drains bile through the skin and into the liver's bile duct system, when the duct is blocked or not draining properly. The procedure is performed under imaging guidance to make sure the tube is correctly placed. This helps maintain proper drainage when bile cannot flow normally due to a blockage such as a tumor or gallstone.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Adjustment of a Bile Duct Drainage Tube cost?

$4,169

Typical negotiated rate. In California, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,169 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3,162 from a physician practice, and about $4,169 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$3,162$3,162 to $3,162
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,169$2,951 to $5,495

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,169 · 10th to 90th $1,514 to $12,882Professionalmedian $3,162 · 10th to 90th $407 to $3,162
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $4,169professional $3,162

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
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$12,882.50
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$2,454.71
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$831.76
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,073.80
Median
$19,498.45
Typical High
$19,498.45
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,162.28
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$3,162.28
Optum
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$70.79
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$1,148.15

Where California sits

The same service costs 12.3 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.

California· 1st of 44

$4,169

CA $4,169IL $339

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.