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X-Ray Study Of The Bile Ducts Through The Skin

Kansas 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?

$955

Typical negotiated rate. In Kansas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $955 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,000 from a physician practice, and about $603 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$1,000$316 to $1,318
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$603$575 to $1,950

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $603 · 10th to 90th $479 to $4,898Professionalmedian $1,000 · 10th to 90th $251 to $3,090
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $603professional $1,000

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
$1,288.25
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,318.26
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$602.56
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$1,148.15
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,258.93
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$6,309.57
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$6,165.95
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$8,709.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,202.26
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
$109.65
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$660.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$263.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$1,000.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$199.53
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$131.83

Where Kansas 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.

Kansas· 10th of 51

$955

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.