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Bile Duct X-ray Through Existing Drainage Tube

Florida 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?

$309

Typical negotiated rate. In Florida, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $309 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $295 from a physician practice, and about $9,333 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$295$85.11 to $389
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$9,333$5,129 to $14,125

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $9,333 · 10th to 90th $1,660 to $20,417Professionalmedian $295 · 10th to 90th $58 to $575
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $9,333professional $295

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
$275.42
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$10,964.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$467.74
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$57.54
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$13,182.57
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$416.87
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$323.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$588.84
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6,456.54
Median
$13,489.63
Typical High
$23,442.29
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$436.52
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$794.33
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$8,128.31
Typical High
$13,182.57
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$602.56
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$309.03
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
$33.11
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$213.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$85.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$316.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$63.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$42.66

Where Florida 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.

Florida· 39th of 51

$309

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.