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X-Ray Study Of The Bile Ducts Through The Skin

Kentucky 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?

$617

Typical negotiated rate. In Kentucky, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $617 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $617 from a physician practice, and about $741 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$617$219 to $776
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$741$257 to $1,862

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $741 · 10th to 90th $204 to $7,762Professionalmedian $617 · 10th to 90th $186 to $1,122
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $741professional $617

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
$204.17
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,148.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$933.25
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,888.44
Median
$9,120.11
Typical High
$11,220.18
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$812.83
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$309.03
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$316.23
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$331.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$3,890.45
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$186.21
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$8,511.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,258.93
10 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$575.44
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$229.09
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$851.14
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$169.82
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$114.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$467.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$186.21
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$707.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$141.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$93.33

Where Kentucky 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.

Kentucky· 44th of 51

$617

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.