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X-Ray Study Of The Bile Ducts Through The Skin

New Jersey 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?

$575

Typical negotiated rate. In New Jersey, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $575 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $562 from a physician practice, and about $6,918 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$562$214 to $851
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$6,918$4,786 to $9,333

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,918 · 10th to 90th $3,090 to $15,136Professionalmedian $562 · 10th to 90th $166 to $1,202
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $6,918professional $562

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
$2,754.23
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$10,471.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$933.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$457.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$181.97
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$676.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$134.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$91.20
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$1,258.93
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,348.96
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7,943.28
Median
$12,022.64
Typical High
$16,595.87
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,659.59
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$15,135.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$1,174.90

Where New Jersey 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.

New Jersey· 46th of 51

$575

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.