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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 October 2026.

How much does X-Ray Study Of The Bile Ducts Through The Skin cost?

$1,202

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,202 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,175 from a physician practice, and about $3,548 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$1,175$457 to $1,905
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,548$1,479 to $7,244

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,548 · 10th to 90th $550 to $9,550Professionalmedian $1,175 · 10th to 90th $347 to $2,570
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,548professional $1,175

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
$602.56
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$6,760.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,348.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$2,089.30
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,348.96
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$9,120.11
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$6,165.95
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$2,089.30
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$2,290.87
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$1,659.59
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,786.30
Median
$7,762.47
Typical High
$10,964.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$2,290.87
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$1,995.26
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
$302.00
Typical High
$676.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$269.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$1,000.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$199.53
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$134.90

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 2nd of 51

$1,202

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.