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Adjustment of a Bile Duct Drainage Tube

Georgia 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?

$1,259

Typical physician fee. In Georgia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,259 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $759 to $1,514.

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 $1,259 · 10th to 90th $447 to $2,884Professionalmedian $1,122 · 10th to 90th $302 to $2,138
$500$1K$2Kfacility $1,259professional $1,122

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
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,884.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$2,570.40
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,148.15
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$398.11

Where Georgia 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.

Georgia· 8th of 44

$1,259

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.