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X-Ray Study Of The Bile Ducts Through The Skin

North Carolina 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?

$1,096

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,096 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,096 from a physician practice, and about $5,248 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$1,096$490 to $1,820
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5,248$851 to $10,715

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,248 · 10th to 90th $204 to $14,125Professionalmedian $1,096 · 10th to 90th $339 to $2,239
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $5,248professional $1,096

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
$204.17
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$933.25
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$2,290.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,737.80
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$912.01
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,778.28
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$131.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6,456.54
Median
$10,964.78
Typical High
$16,982.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,659.59
6 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
$102.33
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$457.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$181.97
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$676.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$134.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$91.20
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,174.90

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 5th of 51

$1,096

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.