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X-Ray Study Of The Bile Ducts Through The Skin

Illinois 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?

$776

Typical negotiated rate. In Illinois, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $776 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $724 from a physician practice, and about $4,467 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$724$263 to $1,072
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,467$1,905 to $5,623

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,467 · 10th to 90th $933 to $8,511Professionalmedian $724 · 10th to 90th $209 to $1,380
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $4,467professional $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
$512.86
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$5,623.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$870.96
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$6,165.95
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,412.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$912.01
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$1,288.25
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,584.89
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$1,071.52
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$11,220.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,513.56
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
$102.33
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$416.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$165.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$630.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$125.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$83.18

Where Illinois 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.

Illinois· 27th of 51

$776

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.