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X-Ray Study Of The Bile Ducts Through The Skin

Florida 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?

$631

Typical negotiated rate. In Florida, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $631 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $617 from a physician practice, and about $9,550 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$617$234 to $813
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$9,550$5,370 to $14,125

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $9,550 · 10th to 90th $1,738 to $20,417Professionalmedian $617 · 10th to 90th $174 to $1,202
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $9,550professional $617

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
$549.54
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$10,964.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$912.01
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$13,182.57
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$870.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$331.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$1,230.27
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6,456.54
Median
$13,489.63
Typical High
$23,442.29
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$933.25
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,621.81
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$8,128.31
Typical High
$13,182.57
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,318.26
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$630.96
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
$316.23
Typical High
$446.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$177.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$676.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$134.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$89.13
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
59 · Distinct service
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$177.83

Where Florida 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.

Florida· 43rd of 51

$631

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.