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Exchange of a Bile Duct Drainage Tube

Virginia rates for HCPCS 47536

This procedure exchanges a drainage tube that was placed through the skin into the bile duct system, replacing it with a new tube to help bile continue flowing out of the liver, using imaging to guide the exchange. It is used when an existing tube isn't draining well and needs to be replaced rather than simply adjusted in place.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Exchange of a Bile Duct Drainage Tube cost?

$1,383

Typical total for the visit. In Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,383 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $589 to the doctor who performs it, and $794 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

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.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$589$151 to $813
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$794$186 to $3,631

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $794 · 10th to 90th $148 to $7,079Professionalmedian $589 · 10th to 90th $129 to $1,122
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $794professional $589

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
$162.18
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$7,079.46
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$1,000.00
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,888.44
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$7,413.10
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$1,047.13
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$794.33
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$1,905.46
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$1,202.26
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,174.90
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$1,621.81
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,174.90
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,258.93
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$1,995.26
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$3,019.95
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$7,762.47
Typical High
$17,378.01
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$1,318.26

Where Virginia sits

The same service costs 10.6 times more in Indiana than in Delaware. 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.

Physician feeFacility fee

Virginia· 44th of 51

$1,383

$589 physician + $794 facility

IN $10,087DE $948

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.