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X-Ray Study Of The Bile Ducts Through The Skin

South Carolina 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 July 2026.

How much does X-Ray Study Of The Bile Ducts Through The Skin cost?

$1,175

Typical facility fee. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,175 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $417 to $7,079.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,175 · 10th to 90th $245 to $13,490
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $1,175

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$21,877.62
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$10,000.00
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,513.56
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$12,589.25
Typical High
$22,387.21

Where South Carolina sits

The same service costs 12.6 times more in Indiana than in Alaska. 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.

South Carolina· 37th of 49

$1,175

IN $10,233AK $813

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.