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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 July 2026.

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

$2,630

Typical facility fee. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,630 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $851 to $6,457.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,630 · 10th to 90th $355 to $10,000
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $2,630

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
$194.98
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$831.76
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$16,218.10
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$8,128.31
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$6,456.54
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$2,398.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$10,715.19

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 25th of 49

$2,630

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.