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Gallbladder Removal With Bile Duct Drainage Repair

Louisiana rates for HCPCS 47620

Open surgery that removes the gallbladder and also opens the main bile duct to clear stones from it. In addition, the first part of the small intestine is opened so the surgeon can widen the muscular opening where the bile duct drains into it, allowing bile to flow freely again.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Gallbladder Removal With Bile Duct Drainage Repair cost?

$1,738

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,738 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,622 from a physician practice, and about $3,162 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$1,622$1,349 to $2,138
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,162$1,514 to $4,074

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,162 · 10th to 90th $933 to $6,607Professionalmedian $1,622 · 10th to 90th $1,259 to $2,630
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,162professional $1,622

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
$1,122.02
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$6,606.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$2,691.53
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$2,344.23
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$1,258.93
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,096.48
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$3,388.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$6,025.60
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,570.40

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 2.5 times more in California than in Kentucky. 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.

Louisiana· 21st of 51

$1,738

CA $3,467KY $1,380

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.