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X-Ray Study Of The Bile Ducts Through The Skin

Iowa 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?

$2,951

Typical facility fee. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,951 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $1,202 to $5,129.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,388 · 10th to 90th $457 to $8,128Professionalmedian $1,096 · 10th to 90th $309 to $2,042
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,388professional $1,096

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
$812.83
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$7,943.28
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,348.96
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$8,709.64
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$2,344.23
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,677.35
Median
$7,762.47
Typical High
$9,772.37

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 21st of 49

$2,951

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.