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Removal of a Bile Drainage Tube

Iowa rates for HCPCS 47537

Takes out a drainage tube that had been placed through the skin into the bile ducts inside the liver. Live x-ray pictures are used first to check that bile now drains the normal way, and the tube is then withdrawn and the small skin opening dressed. It is done once the blockage, leak or infection the tube was treating has settled.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Removal of a Bile Drainage Tube cost?

$1,047

Typical facility fee. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,047 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $479 to $2,570.

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 $2,239 · 10th to 90th $162 to $6,761Professionalmedian $724 · 10th to 90th $120 to $1,202
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,239professional $724

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
$831.76
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$7,943.28
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,202.26
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,096.48
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$2,570.40
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,380.38
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,202.26
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$5,128.61

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 10.7 times more in New Jersey than in North Dakota. 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· 26th of 50

$1,047

NJ $4,898ND $457

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.