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X-Ray-Guided Widening Of A Narrowed Bile Duct

Wisconsin rates for HCPCS 74363

A narrowed bile duct is opened up from the outside in: a needle and catheter are passed through the skin and through the liver into the bile ducts, and a balloon is used to stretch the narrowed segment under live X-ray. A small tube may be left across the segment to hold it open. The imaging guidance and the reading of the images are part of this service.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does X-Ray-Guided Widening Of A Narrowed Bile Duct cost?

$229

Typical negotiated rate. In Wisconsin, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $229 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $234 from a physician practice, and about $200 from a hospital or other facility.

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 10 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$234$166 to $575
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$200$170 to $417

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $200 · 10th to 90th $166 to $550Professionalmedian $234 · 10th to 90th $123 to $891
$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $200professional $234

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
$165.96
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$199.53
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$794.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$177.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$107.15
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$870.96
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$316.23
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$562.34
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$707.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$549.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$165.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$398.11
DeanCare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$281.84
DeanCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$354.81
DeanCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$104.71
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$323.59
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$1,584.89
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$794.33
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$1,348.96
Network Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$489.78
Network Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$104.71
Prevea360
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$281.84
Quartz
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$537.03
Quartz
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$323.59
Quartz
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$75.86
Quartz
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$234.42
Security Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$389.05
Security Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,023.29
Security Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$512.86
Security Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$436.52
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$630.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$190.55
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$446.68
3 more rates 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
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$398.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$158.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$131.83

Where Wisconsin sits

The same service costs 5.2 times more in North Dakota than in Florida. 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.

Wisconsin· 17th of 51

$229

ND $457FL $87.10

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.