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X-Ray Study Of The Bile Ducts Through The Skin

Ohio 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?

$776

Typical negotiated rate. In Ohio, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $776 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $776 from a physician practice, and about $4,571 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$776$355 to $1,000
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,571$2,884 to $8,511

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,571 · 10th to 90th $1,380 to $12,303Professionalmedian $776 · 10th to 90th $214 to $1,318
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,571professional $776

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
$954.99
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$12,589.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$2,630.27
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$15,848.93
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,288.25
Aultcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$363.08
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$21,379.62
Median
$21,379.62
Typical High
$21,379.62
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,230.27
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$21,379.62
Median
$21,379.62
Typical High
$21,379.62
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,174.90
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,318.26
SummaCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,023.29
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,548.13
Median
$6,606.93
Typical High
$10,964.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,412.54
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
$102.33
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$489.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$194.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$741.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$147.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$97.72

Where Ohio 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.

Ohio· 28th of 51

$776

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.