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Bile Duct Stent Placement Through Existing Access

Iowa rates for HCPCS 47538

A procedure that places one or more stents — small tubes that hold a passage open — in a bile duct, working through the skin using an access tract already in place. Imaging of the duct, guidance, balloon widening, and exchange or removal of an existing drainage catheter are all included.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Bile Duct Stent Placement Through Existing Access cost?

$4,786

Typical facility fee. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,786 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $3,311 to $7,762.

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 $5,370 · 10th to 90th $389 to $12,303Professionalmedian $3,981 · 10th to 90th $263 to $8,913
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $5,370professional $3,981

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
$933.25
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$7,943.28
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10,232.93
Median
$10,232.93
Typical High
$10,232.93
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$5,128.61
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$13,182.57
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$10,964.78
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10,232.93
Median
$10,232.93
Typical High
$10,232.93
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,466.84
Median
$10,471.29
Typical High
$15,848.93

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 23.4 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.

Iowa· 22nd of 50

$4,786

IN $16,218ME $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.