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X-Ray Study Of The Bile Ducts Through The Skin

North Dakota 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?

$871

Typical negotiated rate. In North Dakota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $871 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $398 to $1,660.

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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $871 · 10th to 90th $214 to $1,479Professionalmedian $871 · 10th to 90th $275 to $2,344
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $871professional $871

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
$213.80
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$870.96
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$645.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$912.01
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$660.69
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$1,949.84
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
22 · Increased work
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$2,344.23
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$1,380.38
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$1,479.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$2,041.74
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,479.11
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$6,165.95
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,659.59
8 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
$107.15
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$436.52
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$173.78
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$128.82
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$87.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$446.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$177.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$131.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$89.13

Where North Dakota 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 Dakota· 17th of 51

$871

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.