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Imaging Guidance For Bile Duct Drainage

California rates for HCPCS 75980

The x-ray guidance and interpretation used while a drainage tube is placed into a blocked bile duct through the skin and the liver. Contrast dye is injected during the procedure so the ducts can be seen, the route checked, and the final tube position confirmed. It is done when bile cannot drain normally because of a growth, scarring, or a stone.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Imaging Guidance For Bile Duct Drainage cost?

$447

Typical physician fee. In California, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $447 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $363 to $1,122.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $398 · 10th to 90th $234 to $912Professionalmedian $2,042 · 10th to 90th $417 to $2,042
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $398professional $2,042

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
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$870.96
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$831.76
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,122.02
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,041.74
Optum
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$70.79
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$562.34
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$407.38

Where California sits

The same service costs 9.1 times more in Tennessee 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.

California· 25th of 44

$447

TN $2,042FL $224

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.