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Bile Duct X-ray Through Existing Drainage Tube

Oklahoma 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?

$447

Typical negotiated rate. In Oklahoma, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $447 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $398 from a physician practice, and about $2,455 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$398$93.33 to $550
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,455$479 to $6,310

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,455 · 10th to 90th $295 to $8,128Professionalmedian $398 · 10th to 90th $83 to $1,549
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,455professional $398

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
$630.96
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$457.09
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$93.33
BCBS Oklahoma
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$489.78
BCBS Oklahoma
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$549.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$478.63
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$8,128.31
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$3,090.30
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$9,120.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$562.34
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
$37.15
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$229.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$91.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$338.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$69.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$45.71

Where Oklahoma 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.

Oklahoma· 8th of 51

$447

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.