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Bile Duct X-ray Through Existing Drainage Tube

Tennessee 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?

$398

Typical negotiated rate. In Tennessee, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $398 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $380 from a physician practice, and about $3,981 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$380$105 to $589
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,981$2,818 to $5,370

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,981 · 10th to 90th $1,660 to $6,761Professionalmedian $380 · 10th to 90th $76 to $2,884
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,981professional $380

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
$794.33
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$575.44
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$66.07
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$5,888.44
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$676.08
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$660.69
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,884.03
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$3,467.37
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$7,244.36
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$741.31
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
$288.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$114.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$436.52
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$87.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$57.54

Where Tennessee 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.

Tennessee· 17th of 51

$398

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.