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Unlisted Keyhole Bile Duct Or Gallbladder Surgery

Massachusetts rates for HCPCS 47579

A keyhole (laparoscopic) operation on the gallbladder or bile ducts, the drainage system that carries bile from the liver to the intestine, for which there is no standard named entry. The surgeon works through several small abdominal incisions using a camera and long instruments. A written operative report describes exactly what was done.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Unlisted Keyhole Bile Duct Or Gallbladder Surgery cost?

$3,467

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,467 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,995 from a physician practice, and about $3,467 from a hospital or other facility.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$1,995$1,820 to $3,467
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,467$2,344 to $5,129

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,467 · 10th to 90th $832 to $8,913Professionalmedian $1,995 · 10th to 90th $603 to $4,677
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,467professional $1,995

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). 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
None
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$4,677.35
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$2,238.72
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$9,772.37
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$4,677.35
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$954.99
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$7,079.46
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$10,232.93
Health New England
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,570.88
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$4,570.88
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$9,772.37
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$4,677.35
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$13,803.84
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$5,754.40
1 more rate with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$2,691.53

Where Massachusetts sits

The same service costs 128.8 times more in Colorado than in Montana. 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.

Massachusetts· 31st of 51

$3,467

CO $10,233MT $79.43

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.