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X-Ray Study Of The Bile Ducts Through The Skin

Virginia 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?

$741

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $741 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $692 from a physician practice, and about $6,166 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$692$234 to $955
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$6,166$977 to $9,772

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,166 · 10th to 90th $245 to $15,488Professionalmedian $692 · 10th to 90th $204 to $1,202
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $6,166professional $692

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
$4,365.16
Typical High
$10,000.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,047.13
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,011.87
Median
$6,606.93
Typical High
$7,244.36
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,071.52
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$288.40
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,288.25
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,174.90
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$2,089.30
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$1,479.11
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,096.48
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$10,964.78
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$2,290.87
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,754.40
Median
$9,772.37
Typical High
$19,952.62
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,479.11
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
$117.49
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$524.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$208.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$776.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$154.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$104.71

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 34th of 51

$741

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.