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Unlisted Keyhole Bile Duct Or Gallbladder Surgery

Rhode Island 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?

$4,074

Typical facility fee. In Rhode Island, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,074 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $1,288 to $10,233.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,754 · 10th to 90th $933 to $12,589Professionalmedian $955 · 10th to 90th $251 to $1,230
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $5,754professional $955

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
$2,398.83
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$3,981.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,230.27
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,754.40
Median
$10,471.29
Typical High
$12,589.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,202.26
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$12,589.25
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
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
ET · Emergency service
Typical Low
$42,657.95
Median
$42,657.95
Typical High
$42,657.95

Where Rhode Island 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.

Rhode Island· 24th of 51

$4,074

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.