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X-Ray Study Of The Bile Ducts Through The Skin

Utah 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?

$708

Typical negotiated rate. In Utah, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $708 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $676 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$676$550 to $912
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,571$1,072 to $6,918

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,571 · 10th to 90th $302 to $8,511Professionalmedian $676 · 10th to 90th $288 to $1,175
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,571professional $676

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
$302.00
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$4,786.30
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,071.52
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,202.26
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$831.76
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,754.40
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$10,471.29
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$1,348.96
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$1,584.89
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$7,585.78
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,659.59
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,128.61
Median
$8,128.31
Typical High
$8,317.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,698.24
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
$151.36
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$524.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$213.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$794.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$158.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$107.15

Where Utah 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.

Utah· 39th of 51

$708

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.