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Bile Duct Drain Placed Through the Skin, Two-Way

Alaska rates for HCPCS 47534

Places a drainage tube into the bile ducts through the skin under imaging guidance, positioning it so that its tip passes beyond the blockage into the intestine. Bile can then drain onward internally as well as out through the tube to a bag. Dye is often injected to map the ducts during the same session.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Bile Duct Drain Placed Through the Skin, Two-Way cost?

$1,514

Typical facility fee. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,514 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $562 to $2,399.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,514 · 10th to 90th $398 to $6,310
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,514

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
$1,258.93
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$12,022.64
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$3,019.95
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$3,019.95
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,244.36
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$7,244.36

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 8.3 times more in Indiana than in West Virginia. 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.

Alaska· 43rd of 50

$1,514

IN $10,233WV $1,230

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.