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Creating A Path Through The Bile Ducts To The Bowel

California 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?

$3,715

Typical facility fee. In California, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,715 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $1,778 to $5,888.

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 $4,365 · 10th to 90th $1,122 to $13,490Professionalmedian $1,072 · 10th to 90th $288 to $2,188
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $4,365professional $1,072

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
$2,137.96
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$17,782.79
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$12,882.50
Blue Shield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$10,232.93
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$7,585.78
Contra Costa Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$2,041.74
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$2,238.72
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$19,952.62
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$2,089.30
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,073.80
Median
$9,549.93
Typical High
$20,417.38

Where California sits

The same service costs 19.1 times more in Wyoming 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· 16th of 50

$3,715

WY $13,183ME $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.