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Conversion Of A Bile Duct Drain To Internal Drainage

Massachusetts rates for HCPCS 47535

Changes an existing bile duct drain that empties only into a bag outside the body so that it also drains inwards into the intestine. Under imaging guidance the tube is exchanged or advanced so its tip passes beyond the blockage into the bowel, letting bile take its normal path again.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Conversion Of A Bile Duct Drain To Internal Drainage cost?

$1,549

Typical facility fee. In Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,549 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $251 to $3,311.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,549 · 10th to 90th $219 to $5,129
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,549

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
$1,174.90
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$3,715.35
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$9,772.37
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$512.86
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$3,715.35
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$3,311.31
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$11,220.18
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$9,772.37
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$10,232.93

Where Massachusetts sits

The same service costs 14.5 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.

Massachusetts· 33rd of 50

$1,549

IN $10,000ME $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.