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Unlisted Keyhole Bile Duct Or Gallbladder Surgery

Missouri 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 July 2026.

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

$4,266

Typical negotiated rate. In Missouri, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,266 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3,548 from a physician practice, and about $4,467 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$3,548$2,399 to $4,898
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,467$3,020 to $6,310

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,467 · 10th to 90th $1,950 to $8,710Professionalmedian $3,548 · 10th to 90th $2,399 to $9,333
$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,467professional $3,548

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
$1,778.28
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$9,332.54
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$8,709.64
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$10,715.19
Typical High
$22,908.68
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$11,220.18
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$1,819.70
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$7,943.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$64.57

Where Missouri sits

The same service costs 26.3 times more in Indiana 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.

Missouri· 35th of 50

$4,266

IN $18,197ME $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.