Creating A Path Through The Bile Ducts To The Bowel

Nationwide rates for HCPCS 47541

Using needles, wires and X-ray guidance, a route is made through the skin and liver into the bile ducts and onward into the small intestine. A wire left along that route lets a doctor working with a scope from the mouth find and enter a bile duct that could not be reached from below. Contrast pictures of the ducts are taken as part of the work.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Creating A Path Through The Bile Ducts To The Bowel cost?

$4,524

Typical total for the visit. Nationwide, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,524 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,288 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,236 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

28% physician fee72% facility fee

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 55 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the bill	Who charges it	Typical	Range
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it	The doctor who performs it	$1,288	$437 to $1,950
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center	The hospital or surgery center	$3,236	$1,318 to $6,026

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,236 · 10th to 90th $468 to $10,471Professionalmedian $1,288 · 10th to 90th $302 to $3,236

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	Facility/Professional	Modifier	Typical Low	Median	Typical High
Aetna Setting Facility Modifier Global Typical Low $691.83 Median $3,235.94 Typical High $9,120.11	Facility	Global	$691.83	$3,235.94	$9,120.11
BCBS Setting Facility Modifier Global Typical Low $2,511.89 Median $5,128.61 Typical High $13,489.63	Facility	Global	$2,511.89	$5,128.61	$13,489.63
Cigna Setting Facility Modifier Global Typical Low $524.81 Median $3,630.78 Typical High $9,549.93	Facility	Global	$524.81	$3,630.78	$9,549.93
United Setting Facility Modifier Global Typical Low $1,348.96 Median $5,248.07 Typical High $13,182.57	Facility	Global	$1,348.96	$5,248.07	$13,182.57

What it costs in each state

The same service costs 3.0 times more in Wisconsin than in Virginia. 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

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WI $8,019VA $2,676

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.