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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 October 2026.

How much does X-Ray Study Of The Bile Ducts Through The Skin cost?

$912

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $912 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $933 from a physician practice, and about $347 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$933$347 to $1,698
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$347$229 to $3,090

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $347 · 10th to 90th $200 to $6,607Professionalmedian $933 · 10th to 90th $224 to $4,898
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $347professional $933

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
$1,513.56
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$3,715.35
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$912.01
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$9,549.93
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$6,025.60
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$467.74
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,995.26
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$3,311.31
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,698.24
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$11,481.54
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$2,454.71
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$9,549.93
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$6,025.60
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$12,302.69
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$2,818.38
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$1,122.02
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$660.69
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
$107.15
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$436.52
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$173.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$645.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$128.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$87.10

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 11th of 51

$912

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.