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X-Ray Study Of The Bile Ducts Through The Skin

Nevada 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?

$759

Typical negotiated rate. In Nevada, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $759 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $692 from a physician practice, and about $3,715 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$692$234 to $933
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,715$2,455 to $4,571

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,715 · 10th to 90th $1,445 to $5,754Professionalmedian $692 · 10th to 90th $204 to $1,288
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,715professional $692

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
$218.78
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$5,011.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$912.01
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$5,754.40
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,513.56
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,288.25
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$1,258.93
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.63
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$1,202.26
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$4,265.80
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$181.97
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$9,332.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,258.93
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
$109.65
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$457.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$181.97
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$676.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$134.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$91.20

Where Nevada 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.

Nevada· 32nd of 51

$759

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.