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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 October 2026.

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

$794

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $794 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $794 from a physician practice, and about $5,888 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$794$339 to $1,000
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5,888$4,571 to $12,303

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,888 · 10th to 90th $1,175 to $16,982Professionalmedian $794 · 10th to 90th $224 to $1,349
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $5,888professional $794

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
$245.47
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$21,877.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$977.24
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$97.72
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,388.44
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$10,715.19
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$794.33
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,348.96
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,318.26
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,318.26
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,513.56
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7,585.78
Median
$15,135.61
Typical High
$23,442.29
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,548.82
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
$120.23
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$489.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$194.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$741.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$147.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$97.72
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$1,202.26

Where South Carolina 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.

South Carolina· 26th of 51

$794

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.