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Removal of a Bile Drainage Tube

Maine 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 Live x-ray pictures are used first to check that bile now drains the normal way, and the tube is then withdrawn and the small skin opening dressed.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 rates vary

Facilitymedian $692 · 10th to 90th $692 to $1,905
$1Kfacility $692

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$1,905.46
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$691.83