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X-Ray Study Of The Bile Ducts Through The Skin

Massachusetts 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?

$1,778

Typical facility fee. In Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,778 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $282 to $3,311.

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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,778 · 10th to 90th $234 to $5,129
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,778

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
$870.96
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$3,715.35
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$9,332.54
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$549.54
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$3,311.31
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$11,220.18
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$9,332.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$11,220.18

Where Massachusetts sits

The same service costs 12.6 times more in Indiana than in Alaska. 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.

Massachusetts· 32nd of 49

$1,778

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.