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Bile Duct Drain Placed Through The Skin

Iowa 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 July 2026.

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

$2,884

Typical facility fee. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,884 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $1,148 to $5,012.

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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,162 · 10th to 90th $437 to $7,943Professionalmedian $2,291 · 10th to 90th $295 to $3,467
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,162professional $2,291

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
$812.83
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$7,943.28
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,168.69
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$4,168.69
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$3,467.37
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$7,943.28
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$3,311.31
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,168.69
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$4,168.69
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$9,549.93

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 13.5 times more in Indiana than in Maine. 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.

Iowa· 24th of 50

$2,884

IN $9,333ME $692

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.