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Exploration For Blocked Bile Ducts In A Baby

Kentucky rates for HCPCS 47700

An operation in an infant to find out why bile is not draining from the liver, when the bile ducts may have failed to form properly. The surgeon inspects the ducts and may inject dye for X-ray pictures and take a small sample of liver tissue, but no reconstruction is carried out during this operation.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Exploration For Blocked Bile Ducts In A Baby cost?

$1,072

Typical negotiated rate. In Kentucky, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,072 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,047 from a physician practice, and about $5,754 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 6 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$1,047$977 to $1,259
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5,754$1,288 to $9,120

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,754 · 10th to 90th $851 to $11,220Professionalmedian $1,047 · 10th to 90th $912 to $1,549
$100.0$1.0K$10.0Kfacility $5,754professional $1,047

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
$851.14
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,445.44
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,606.93
Median
$10,715.19
Typical High
$11,220.18
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,412.54
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,584.89
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,548.82
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$1,778.28
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$5,888.44
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$1,047.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$28,183.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,949.84

Where Kentucky sits

The same service costs 2.3 times more in California than in Kentucky. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Kentucky $1,072 · 51st of 51
CA $2,512KY $1,072

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.