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Creating A Path Through The Bile Ducts To The Bowel

Washington, DC 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?

$3,548

Typical facility fee. In Washington, DC, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,548 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $1,445 to $4,571.

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 3 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,074 · 10th to 90th $372 to $7,762Professionalmedian $1,380 · 10th to 90th $724 to $2,692
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $4,074professional $1,380

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
$371.54
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$7,762.47
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$2,691.53
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$10,000.00
Typical High
$33,884.42

Where Washington, DC 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.

Washington, DC· 21st of 50

$3,548

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.