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Bile Drainage From Liver to Intestine With U-Tube

California rates for HCPCS 47802

An operation that creates a new route for bile to drain from the ducts inside the liver into the intestine, held open by a tube shaped like a U. Both ends of the tube are brought out through the skin, so it can be flushed or exchanged later without further surgery. It is used when the normal bile ducts are blocked, scarred, or damaged.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Bile Drainage From Liver to Intestine With U-Tube cost?

$10,715

Typical negotiated rate. In California, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10,715 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $6,310 from a physician practice, and about $11,220 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 7 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$6,310$3,020 to $9,550
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$11,220$7,244 to $14,125

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $11,220 · 10th to 90th $6,457 to $17,783Professionalmedian $6,310 · 10th to 90th $1,549 to $9,550
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $11,220professional $6,310

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
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,456.54
Median
$11,220.18
Typical High
$17,782.79
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$7,244.36
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$6,309.57
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$9,549.93
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9,549.93
Median
$9,549.93
Typical High
$9,549.93
Optum
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$70.79
Sutter Health Plus
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,897.79
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$4,897.79
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,584.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$3,801.89

Where California sits

The same service costs 10.5 times more in Indiana than in Mississippi. 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.

California· 4th of 51

$10,715

IN $12,882MS $1,230

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.