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X-Ray Study Of The Bile Ducts Through The Skin

Arizona 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?

$871

Typical negotiated rate. In Arizona, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $871 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $813 from a physician practice, and about $3,388 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$813$245 to $1,380
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,388$1,660 to $5,623

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,388 · 10th to 90th $741 to $7,244Professionalmedian $813 · 10th to 90th $204 to $3,090
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,388professional $813

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
$6,760.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$831.76
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$2,818.38
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,318.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,258.93
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$7,244.36
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$6,165.95
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
$204.17
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,202.26
6 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
$95.50
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$371.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$147.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$562.34
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$112.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$74.13
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
59 · Distinct service
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$177.83

Where Arizona 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.

Arizona· 18th of 51

$871

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.