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X-Ray Study Of The Bile Ducts Through The Skin

Minnesota 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 Minnesota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $955 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $955 from a physician practice, and about $1,738 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$955$437 to $1,905
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,738$692 to $3,802

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,738 · 10th to 90th $195 to $8,318Professionalmedian $955 · 10th to 90th $295 to $3,090
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,738professional $955

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
$194.98
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$3,801.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$933.25
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$5,754.40
Typical High
$13,489.63
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$2,238.72
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$8,128.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$2,691.53
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$6,456.54
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$2,754.23
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$9,332.54
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$6,165.95
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,265.80
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$10,715.19
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$2,630.27
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
$95.50
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$398.11
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$158.49
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$602.56
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$120.23
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$79.43
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$457.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$181.97
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$691.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$134.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$91.20

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 9th 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.