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X-Ray Guidance For Internal Bile Duct Drainage

North Carolina rates for HCPCS 75982

The live X-ray guidance and the radiologist's report that accompany placing a drainage tube or a stent through the skin and liver into a blocked bile duct, so that bile can pass on into the intestine. Contrast dye is used to outline the ducts while the tube or stent is positioned.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does X-Ray Guidance For Internal Bile Duct Drainage cost?

$575

Typical facility fee. In North Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $575 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $407 to $1,230.

Few insurers publish rates for this combination, so treat this figure as a rough guide.

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 3 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $575 · 10th to 90th $575 to $1,230Professionalmedian $407 · 10th to 90th $380 to $1,622
$500$1Kfacility $575professional $407

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
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$1,621.81
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$125.89
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$1,230.27
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$407.38

Where North Carolina sits

The same service costs 14.1 times more in Nebraska than in New York. 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.

North Carolina· 19th of 36

$575

NE $2,188NY $155

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.