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X-Ray Study Of The Bile Ducts Through The Skin

Louisiana 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?

$2,512

Typical facility fee. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,512 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $1,096 to $3,890.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,512 · 10th to 90th $661 to $6,607
$50.0$200.0$1.0K$5.0K$20.0Kfacility $2,512

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
$645.65
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$3,890.45
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,467.37
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$10,471.29
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$181.97
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$8,709.64

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 12.6 times more in Indiana than in Alaska. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Louisiana $2,512 · 26th of 49
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.