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Exploration For Blocked Bile Ducts In A Baby

Pennsylvania 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?

$1,148

Typical negotiated rate. In Pennsylvania, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,148 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,096 from a physician practice, and about $5,012 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 9 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$1,096$1,023 to $1,259
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5,012$1,445 to $7,762

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,012 · 10th to 90th $977 to $8,511Professionalmedian $1,096 · 10th to 90th $933 to $1,585
$10.0$100.0$1.0K$10.0Kfacility $5,012professional $1,096

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
$1,047.13
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$8,317.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,513.56
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20,417.38
Median
$21,379.62
Typical High
$57,543.99
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$1,698.24
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$36,307.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$2,089.30
Emblem Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$2,290.87
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,041.74
Geisinger
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,819.70
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$8,317.64
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$2,089.30
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$2,344.23
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$3,019.95
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,096.48
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$6,309.57
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$2,041.74

Where Pennsylvania 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.

Pennsylvania $1,148 · 42nd 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.