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X-Ray Study Of The Bile Ducts Through The Skin

Alaska rates for HCPCS 47532

A fine needle is passed through the skin into the bile ducts within the liver, and contrast dye is injected so the bile drainage system shows up on X-ray images. The route into the ducts is created during this same session. It shows where bile flow is blocked or narrowed.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does X-Ray Study Of The Bile Ducts Through The Skin cost?

$1,148

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,148 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,148 from a physician practice, and about $5,888 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$1,148$692 to $2,570
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5,888$1,660 to $9,772

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,888 · 10th to 90th $1,148 to $16,596Professionalmedian $1,148 · 10th to 90th $490 to $3,311
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $5,888professional $1,148

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

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$14,125.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$4,168.69
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$2,454.71
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$5,888.44
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$4,168.69
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$3,311.31
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$35,481.34
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$2,344.23
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$2,137.96
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
$104.71
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$2,041.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$831.76
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$3,090.30
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$616.60
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$416.87

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 5.4 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.

Alaska· 4th of 51

$1,148

WI $1,514MD $282

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.