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Revision Or Reinsertion Of Bile Drainage Tube

California rates for HCPCS 47530

A procedure to revise, exchange, or put back a drainage tube that runs through the skin and through the liver into the bile ducts. It is done when the existing tube has shifted, become blocked, or stopped draining, using the tract that is already in place rather than starting a new one.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Revision Or Reinsertion Of Bile Drainage Tube cost?

$4,266

Typical negotiated rate. In California, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,266 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $6,166 from a physician practice, and about $4,266 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$6,166$6,166 to $6,310
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,266$2,951 to $5,623

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,266 · 10th to 90th $1,778 to $12,882Professionalmedian $6,166 · 10th to 90th $832 to $6,310
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $4,266professional $6,166

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
$812.83
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$6,456.54
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$831.76
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,677.35
Median
$19,498.45
Typical High
$19,498.45
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,165.95
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$6,309.57
Optum
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$70.79
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$2,570.40

Where California sits

The same service costs 18.2 times more in Massachusetts 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· 4th of 44

$4,266

MA $6,310IL $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.