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Bile Duct Drain Placed Through The Skin

Washington, DC rates for HCPCS 47533

Places a drainage tube into a blocked bile duct by passing a needle and then a catheter through the skin into the liver, with imaging used to find the duct and guide the tube. In this version the tube carries bile out of the body into a collection bag on the outside. It relieves jaundice and infection caused by bile that cannot drain normally.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Bile Duct Drain Placed Through The Skin cost?

$331

Typical physician fee. In Washington, DC, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $331 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $257 to $1,230.

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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,388 · 10th to 90th $741 to $26,915Professionalmedian $324 · 10th to 90th $234 to $1,445
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $3,388professional $324

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$4,786.30
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,445.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$724.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$288.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,096.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$218.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$144.54
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$309.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,698.24
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$2,691.53
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$27,542.29
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,995.26

Where Washington, DC sits

The same service costs 6.0 times more in Iowa 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.

Washington, DC· 50th of 51

$331

IA $1,862MD $309

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.