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X-Ray Study Of The Bile Ducts Through The Skin

New York 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?

$724

Typical negotiated rate. In New York, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $724 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $724 from a physician practice, and about $5,012 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$724$603 to $832
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5,012$3,631 to $7,762

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,012 · 10th to 90th $1,413 to $11,220Professionalmedian $724 · 10th to 90th $214 to $1,175
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $5,012professional $724

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
$1,621.81
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$9,120.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$933.25
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,467.37
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$12,302.69
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,122.02
CDPHP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$6,165.95
CDPHP
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$1,258.93
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$331.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$1,380.38
Emblem Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$707.95
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,412.54
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,071.52
MVP Health Care
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$4,365.16
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$2,137.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$11,481.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$1,202.26
Univera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$457.09
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,047.13
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
$123.03
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$467.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$186.21
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$707.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$141.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$93.33
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$812.83

Where New York 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 York· 35th of 51

$724

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.