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X-Ray Study Of The Bile Ducts Through The Skin

Georgia 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?

$708

Typical negotiated rate. In Georgia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $708 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $708 from a physician practice, and about $4,677 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$708$339 to $1,259
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,677$2,138 to $6,607

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,677 · 10th to 90th $1,122 to $7,943Professionalmedian $708 · 10th to 90th $234 to $1,905
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,677professional $708

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
$831.76
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$7,943.28
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
$1,148.15
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$7,079.46
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$2,041.74
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,862.09
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,862.09
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,288.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$7,585.78
Typical High
$8,912.51
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$2,089.30
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
$104.71
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$489.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$194.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$724.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$144.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$97.72
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
59 · Distinct service
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$177.83

Where Georgia 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.

Georgia· 37th of 51

$708

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.