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X-Ray Study Of The Bile Ducts Through The Skin

Missouri 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?

$851

Typical negotiated rate. In Missouri, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $851 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $794 from a physician practice, and about $3,631 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$794$263 to $1,175
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,631$2,188 to $5,012

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,631 · 10th to 90th $1,000 to $7,762Professionalmedian $794 · 10th to 90th $219 to $3,090
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,631professional $794

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
$891.25
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$933.25
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$7,762.47
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,174.90
BCBS Kansas City
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,047.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$1,380.38
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$6,606.93
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$6,165.95
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$8,317.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,995.26
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
$95.50
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$446.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$177.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$676.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$134.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$89.13

Where Missouri 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.

Missouri· 20th of 51

$851

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.