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X-Ray Study Of The Bile Ducts Through The Skin

Nebraska 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?

$380

Typical negotiated rate. In Nebraska, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $380 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $372 from a physician practice, and about $4,467 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$372$282 to $1,122
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,467$3,162 to $7,244

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,467 · 10th to 90th $1,479 to $8,710Professionalmedian $372 · 10th to 90th $191 to $1,950
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $4,467professional $372

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
$741.31
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$11,481.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,258.93
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$7,943.28
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$389.05
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$1,949.84
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$8,709.64
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$6,165.95
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$1,995.26
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,398.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,677.35
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$8,912.51
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$2,089.30
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
$173.78
Typical High
$371.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$147.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$562.34
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$112.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$74.13

Where Nebraska 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.

Nebraska· 49th of 51

$380

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.