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Bile Duct X-ray Through Existing Drainage Tube

Arizona rates for HCPCS 47531

This procedure injects contrast dye through a drainage tube or catheter that is already in place in the bile duct system, then takes X-ray images to check how well bile is flowing and look for blockages. It is used to monitor or troubleshoot a biliary drainage tube that was placed during an earlier procedure.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Bile Duct X-ray Through Existing Drainage Tube cost?

$389

Typical negotiated rate. In Arizona, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $389 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $372 from a physician practice, and about $3,020 from a hospital or other facility.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$372$100 to $631
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,020$407 to $5,495

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,020 · 10th to 90th $155 to $7,244Professionalmedian $372 · 10th to 90th $71 to $1,549
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,020professional $372

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$5,623.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$457.09
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$60.26
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$537.03
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$645.65
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$588.84
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$7,244.36
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$3,090.30
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,467.37
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$7,762.47
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$549.54
5 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$186.21
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$74.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$281.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$56.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$37.15

Where Arizona sits

The same service costs 5.6 times more in Wisconsin than in Maryland. 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.

Arizona· 20th of 51

$389

WI $617MD $110

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.