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Adjustment of a Bile Duct Drainage Tube

North Carolina 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?

$646

Typical physician fee. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $646 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $324 to $1,096.

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 $550 · 10th to 90th $141 to $1,202Professionalmedian $3,162 · 10th to 90th $1,202 to $3,162
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $550professional $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
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$2,570.40
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,202.26
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$1,148.15
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$398.11
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,073.80
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$19,498.45
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,162.28
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$3,162.28

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 25th of 44

$646

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.