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Procedure price report · Other OR gastrointestinal therapeutic procedures

Open gallbladder incision to drain or remove stones

CPT 47480the billing code this page is about

Open surgery that cuts into the gallbladder to explore it, place a drain, or remove stones, leaving the gallbladder in place.

Hospitals typically charge $1,715 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 265 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $1,873. Most fall between $971 and $3,445 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
265
States
46
Filings dated
Mar 2023 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 24, 2026

Median: half of hospitals filed less, half more — and it is a price some hospital actually filed. Average of the middle 60%: the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain average, the lowest or the highest price: the extremes in hospital price files are chargemaster artefacts, not prices anyone pays.

What hospitals charge, from cheapest to most expensive

Cash price percentiles, outpatient, across 265 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$804$1,136$1,715$2,722$4,059

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 5.0× what the cheapest tenth charges ($804 vs $4,059).

How the prices are spread

$477 – $611: 6 hospitals$477$611 – $782: 6 hospitals$782 – $1,002: 31 hospitals$782$1,002 – $1,283: 27 hospitals$1,283 – $1,643: 39 hospitals$1,283$1,643 – $2,104: 31 hospitals$2,104 – $2,695: 44 hospitals$2,104$2,695 – $3,451: 19 hospitals$3,451 – $4,420: 26 hospitals$3,451$4,420 – $5,660: 10 hospitals$4,420median $1,715price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (239 of 265 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$477$6116
$611$7826
$782$1,00231
$1,002$1,28327
$1,283$1,64339
$1,643$2,10431
$2,104$2,69544
$2,695$3,45119
$3,451$4,42026
$4,420$5,66010

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $1,715.

Alaska: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWAIdaho: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMNIllinois: median $1,645 across 14 hospitalsIL$1,645Wisconsin: median $4,059 across 14 hospitalsWI$4,059Michigan: median $1,693 across 17 hospitalsMI$1,693New York: median $1,688 across 15 hospitalsNY$1,688Massachusetts: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: median $2,411 across 15 hospitalsOR$2,411Nevada: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceSDIowa: median $2,159 across 17 hospitalsIA$2,159Indiana: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureINOhio: median $3,292 across 11 hospitalsOH$3,292Pennsylvania: median $325 across 17 hospitalsPA$325New Jersey: median $5,110 across 14 hospitalsNJ$5,110Connecticut: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceRICalifornia: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCAUtah: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceUTColorado: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMOKentucky: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVAMaryland: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTNNorth Carolina: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNCSouth Carolina: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $1,439 across 10 hospitalsOK$1,439Louisiana: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMSAlabama: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureGAHawaii: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTXFlorida: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureFL
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $1,715. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
New Jersey NJ14$5,110+198%$3,986 – $6,311
Wisconsin WI14$4,059+137%$4,059 – $4,059
Ohio OH11$3,292+92%$1,350 – $3,445
Oregon OR15$2,411+41%$1,617 – $2,411
Iowa IA17$2,159+26%$2,159 – $2,347
Michigan MI17$1,693−1%$1,242 – $2,162
New York NY15$1,688−2%$804 – $2,625
Illinois IL14$1,645−4%$971 – $2,851
Oklahoma OK10$1,439−16%$1,439 – $1,439
Pennsylvania PA17$325−81%$255 – $1,136
Indiana IN9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
California CA8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Washington WA8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Florida FL6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Minnesota MN5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Texas TX4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Virginia VA4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Missouri MO3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Georgia GA1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN1not enough hospitals filed a usable price

Hospitals like yours

The same distribution cut by the kind of hospital. Hospital type and ownership come from CMS; a hospital counts as part of a system when its price file is shared with at least one other hospital under the same brand. The national median is $1,715.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care184$1,681$971 – $3,445
Children’s7fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access73$1,911$971 – $3,760
Ownership
For-profit20$1,684$971 – $3,939
Government51$1,810$977 – $2,625
Non-profit193$1,688$971 – $3,445
System affiliation
Part of a system190$1,688$971 – $3,509
Independent75$1,743$1,051 – $2,963

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$2,557
Median cash price$1,715
Cash as a share of list, median hospital70%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 30%. The share is the median of each hospital’s own cash ÷ list ratio, over hospitals that filed both — not the ratio of the two medians above.

The same procedure, inpatient

186 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $1,617 and the average of the middle 60% is $1,625; most fall between $971 and $2,625.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 186 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$802$1,052$1,617$2,207$4,059

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 5.1× what the cheapest tenth charges ($802 vs $4,059).

Of the 208 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 186 gave a usable cash price; 17 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 5 a list price only.

How complete is this

265 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (7%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 314 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted265
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here40
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded1
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded0
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded8
Hospitals that filed this code314

Sections not shown for this setting

  • Against Medicare: Medicare has no separately payable national outpatient (OPPS) rate for this code, so there is nothing honest to compare against.
  • Since our last snapshot: there is no earlier snapshot at least 90 days older than this one yet.

We last checked these hospitals’ price files for changes between September 4, 2026 and September 24, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 24, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Related procedures

Part of the Other OR gastrointestinal therapeutic procedures family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Cholecstot/Cholecstost W/Expl Drg/Rmvl St1 Spx.

Method

Source
The machine-readable price files every U.S. hospital is required by CMS to publish, parsed per hospital. Nothing is surveyed, sampled or modelled.
What counts
One cash (self-pay) price per hospital for this code and setting. A hospital’s own filing can rule its number out — a placeholder, a “not applicable” note, a list price standing in for cash — and our plausibility checks can flag a price far below what every other hospital files. Both kinds are disclosed above and excluded from the statistics; on the compare tool a flagged price is still shown.
Statistics
Percentiles are discrete: each is a price some hospital filed. The average is the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain mean, the minimum or the maximum. A state needs 10 hospitals and a segment 20 to show a figure; otherwise the row shows its count and no number. Medicare is the national unadjusted OPPS rate where one exists.
Names
Procedure names on these pages are our own plain-language titles, not the AMA’s copyrighted CPT descriptors. The code is the identity.

The full rules — sources, statistics, thresholds, limitations — are on the methodology page.

Download this page’s figures: JSON · CSV. Aggregates only — the per-hospital prices are on the compare tool.

Cite: HospitalRates.com, “Open gallbladder incision to drain or remove stones (CPT 47480) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-47480-open-gallbladder-incision-to-drain-or-remove-stones