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X-Ray Study Of The Bile Ducts Through The Skin

Connecticut 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?

$759

Typical negotiated rate. In Connecticut, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $759 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $724 from a physician practice, and about $7,586 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$724$372 to $1,549
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$7,586$5,623 to $11,482

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,586 · 10th to 90th $4,365 to $12,882Professionalmedian $724 · 10th to 90th $316 to $1,995
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $7,586professional $724

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
$3,467.37
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,202.26
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6,760.83
Median
$11,748.98
Typical High
$13,803.84
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,995.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$1,548.82
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,819.70
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,754.40
Median
$8,709.64
Typical High
$12,882.50
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$2,630.27
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
$123.03
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$602.56
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$239.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$891.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$177.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$120.23

Where Connecticut 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.

Connecticut· 30th of 51

$759

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.