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X-Ray Study Of The Bile Ducts Through The Skin

Colorado 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 Colorado, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $871 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $741 from a physician practice, and about $7,079 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$741$309 to $1,259
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$7,079$5,370 to $10,000

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,079 · 10th to 90th $2,754 to $13,183Professionalmedian $741 · 10th to 90th $240 to $1,738
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $7,079professional $741

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
$323.59
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$8,912.51
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,000.00
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,897.79
Median
$7,585.78
Typical High
$13,182.57
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,778.28
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,659.59
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,202.26
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$1,621.81
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,778.28
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$851.14
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,981.07
Median
$8,511.38
Typical High
$16,595.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,621.81
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
$338.84
Typical High
$457.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$181.97
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$691.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$138.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$91.20

Where Colorado 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.

Colorado· 15th 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.