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X-Ray Study Of The Bile Ducts Through The Skin

Mississippi 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?

$708

Typical negotiated rate. In Mississippi, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $708 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $603 from a physician practice, and about $3,467 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$603$339 to $1,047
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,467$1,995 to $5,248

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,467 · 10th to 90th $851 to $6,607Professionalmedian $603 · 10th to 90th $209 to $1,660
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $3,467professional $603

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
$549.54
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,995.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$2,187.76
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$1,096.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$436.52
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$1,621.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$323.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$218.78
BCBS Mississippi
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,467.37
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$5,248.07
BCBS Mississippi
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$501.19
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,348.96
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$169.82
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$8,317.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,584.89
1 more rate 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
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$218.78

Where Mississippi 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.

Mississippi· 38th of 51

$708

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.