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Creating A Path Through The Bile Ducts To The Bowel

North Carolina 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?

$1,175

Typical facility fee. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,175 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $427 to $1,778.

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 $1,175 · 10th to 90th $324 to $5,248
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,175

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
$537.03
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$7,244.36
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$2,454.71
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$7,413.10
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,905.46
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$14,454.40
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$19,952.62
Typical High
$19,952.62

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 47th of 50

$1,175

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.