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X-Ray Study Of The Bile Ducts Through The Skin

California 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 July 2026.

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

$3,802

Typical facility fee. In California, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,802 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $2,042 to $6,166.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,365 · 10th to 90th $912 to $13,490Professionalmedian $741 · 10th to 90th $178 to $1,413
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $4,365professional $741

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$18,197.01
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$12,882.50
Blue Shield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$10,232.93
Contra Costa Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,348.96
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,412.54
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$2,511.89
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,513.56
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,370.32
Median
$9,772.37
Typical High
$20,892.96

Where California sits

The same service costs 12.6 times more in Indiana than in Alaska. 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.

California· 15th of 49

$3,802

IN $10,233AK $813

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.