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Bile Duct Stent Placed Through The Skin

California rates for HCPCS 47540

Places a stent - a short tube that props a blocked bile duct open from the inside - by passing instruments through the skin and into the liver, using imaging to guide every step. The route into the bile ducts is created during this procedure rather than using an existing one, and a separate drainage tube is also left in place afterwards.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Bile Duct Stent Placed Through The Skin cost?

$4,677

Typical facility fee. In California, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,677 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $2,951 to $7,079.

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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,898 · 10th to 90th $1,349 to $13,804Professionalmedian $3,890 · 10th to 90th $372 to $7,586
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $4,898professional $3,890

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
$2,884.03
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$19,054.61
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$13,489.63
Blue Shield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$10,964.78
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$7,244.36
Contra Costa Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$6,760.83
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$7,585.78
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$22,387.21
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$7,585.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,165.95
Median
$13,182.57
Typical High
$28,840.32

Where California sits

The same service costs 26.3 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.

California· 28th of 50

$4,677

IN $18,197ME $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.