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Bile duct dye X-ray through a new skin puncture

CPT 47532the billing code this page is about

A needle is passed through the skin into the bile ducts to inject contrast dye and take X-ray images, with no drainage tube left in place; includes imaging guidance.

Hospitals typically charge $3,579 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 1,675 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $3,677. Most fall between $1,785 and $6,246 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
1,675
States
50
Filings dated
Feb 2024 – 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 1,675 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
$1,119$2,045$3,579$5,480$9,156

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 8.2× what the cheapest tenth charges ($1,119 vs $9,156).

How the prices are spread

$728 – $952: 30 hospitals$728$952 – $1,247: 84 hospitals$1,247 – $1,632: 92 hospitals$1,247$1,632 – $2,137: 151 hospitals$2,137 – $2,797: 181 hospitals$2,137$2,797 – $3,661: 230 hospitals$3,661 – $4,793: 298 hospitals$3,661$4,793 – $6,274: 193 hospitals$6,274 – $8,214: 117 hospitals$6,274$8,214 – $10,752: 149 hospitals$8,214median $3,579price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (1,525 of 1,675 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$728$95230
$952$1,24784
$1,247$1,63292
$1,632$2,137151
$2,137$2,797181
$2,797$3,661230
$3,661$4,793298
$4,793$6,274193
$6,274$8,214117
$8,214$10,752149

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$3,658
Median cash price$3,579
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.98×

The Medicare figure is the national unadjusted OPPS rate for this code — what Medicare itself pays a hospital before local wage adjustment. It is a benchmark, not a price anyone is charged.

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $3,579.

Alaska: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $3,702 across 40 hospitalsWA$3,702Idaho: median $6,065 across 15 hospitalsID$6,065Montana: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $3,785 across 37 hospitalsMN$3,785Illinois: median $5,165 across 77 hospitalsIL$5,165Wisconsin: median $3,576 across 57 hospitalsWI$3,576Michigan: median $3,576 across 64 hospitalsMI$3,576New York: median $4,469 across 66 hospitalsNY$4,469Massachusetts: median $4,203 across 27 hospitalsMA$4,203Oregon: median $4,120 across 33 hospitalsOR$4,120Nevada: median $3,258 across 12 hospitalsNV$3,258Wyoming: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $2,267 across 21 hospitalsIA$2,267Indiana: median $2,466 across 42 hospitalsIN$2,466Ohio: median $4,572 across 98 hospitalsOH$4,572Pennsylvania: median $4,230 across 79 hospitalsPA$4,230New Jersey: median $4,553 across 54 hospitalsNJ$4,553Connecticut: median $4,786 across 15 hospitalsCT$4,786Rhode Island: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $4,493 across 143 hospitalsCA$4,493Utah: median $2,000 across 15 hospitalsUT$2,000Colorado: median $2,305 across 35 hospitalsCO$2,305Nebraska: median $2,215 across 18 hospitalsNE$2,215Missouri: median $3,519 across 42 hospitalsMO$3,519Kentucky: median $3,058 across 14 hospitalsKY$3,058West Virginia: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: median $4,865 across 34 hospitalsVA$4,865Maryland: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $2,723 across 33 hospitalsAZ$2,723New Mexico: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: median $2,992 across 12 hospitalsKS$2,992Arkansas: median $1,953 across 12 hospitalsAR$1,953Tennessee: median $1,517 across 36 hospitalsTN$1,517North Carolina: median $2,212 across 37 hospitalsNC$2,212South Carolina: median $3,423 across 29 hospitalsSC$3,423Oklahoma: median $2,915 across 30 hospitalsOK$2,915Louisiana: median $3,039 across 29 hospitalsLA$3,039Mississippi: median $1,911 across 28 hospitalsMS$1,911Alabama: median $3,996 across 24 hospitalsAL$3,996Georgia: median $2,422 across 59 hospitalsGA$2,422Hawaii: median $2,444 across 11 hospitalsHI$2,444Texas: median $3,103 across 137 hospitalsTX$3,103Florida: median $4,611 across 85 hospitalsFL$4,611
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $3,579. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Idaho ID15$6,065+69%$2,649 – $8,630
Illinois IL77$5,165+44%$1,750 – $6,645
Virginia VA34$4,865+36%$1,894 – $5,206
Connecticut CT15$4,786+34%$3,313 – $9,181
Florida FL85$4,611+29%$2,045 – $8,624
Ohio OH98$4,572+28%$1,592 – $8,897
New Jersey NJ54$4,553+27%$3,786 – $6,311
California CA143$4,493+26%$2,310 – $10,752
New York NY66$4,469+25%$2,911 – $8,155
Pennsylvania PA79$4,230+18%$3,347 – $7,070
Massachusetts MA27$4,203+17%$1,842 – $6,870
Oregon OR33$4,120+15%$1,036 – $7,168
Alabama AL24$3,996+12%$2,749 – $6,529
Minnesota MN37$3,785+6%$1,327 – $5,224
Washington WA40$3,702+3%$1,394 – $6,071
Michigan MI64$3,5760%$958 – $6,121
Wisconsin WI57$3,5760%$1,885 – $4,205
Missouri MO42$3,519−2%$2,384 – $6,347
South Carolina SC29$3,423−4%$2,611 – $4,563
Nevada NV12$3,258−9%$1,592 – $4,734
Texas TX137$3,103−13%$1,814 – $5,057
Kentucky KY14$3,058−15%$1,990 – $14,171
Louisiana LA29$3,039−15%$1,087 – $4,560
Kansas KS12$2,992−16%$1,916 – $4,626
Oklahoma OK30$2,915−19%$2,072 – $3,973
Arizona AZ33$2,723−24%$896 – $8,989
Indiana IN42$2,466−31%$1,533 – $4,763
Hawaii HI11$2,444−32%$938 – $3,509
Georgia GA59$2,422−32%$2,156 – $7,785
Colorado CO35$2,305−36%$1,836 – $5,097
Iowa IA21$2,267−37%$1,196 – $4,193
Nebraska NE18$2,215−38%$1,075 – $3,658
North Carolina NC37$2,212−38%$1,732 – $4,502
Utah UT15$2,000−44%$2,000 – $2,144
Arkansas AR12$1,953−45%$1,420 – $3,873
Mississippi MS28$1,911−47%$1,128 – $2,463
Tennessee TN36$1,517−58%$980 – $1,811
West Virginia WV9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM3not 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 $3,579.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care1,469$3,660$1,814 – $6,311
Children’s43$2,809$1,335 – $5,410
Critical access155$3,576$1,307 – $6,121
Ownership
For-profit161$4,073$2,057 – $9,210
Government215$2,649$1,270 – $5,083
Non-profit1,291$3,748$1,862 – $6,246
System affiliation
Part of a system1,453$3,664$1,817 – $6,269
Independent222$3,222$1,087 – $6,110

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$6,301
Median cash price$3,579
Cash as a share of list, median hospital60%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 40%. 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

1,296 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $3,576 and the average of the middle 60% is $3,715; most fall between $1,845 and $6,600.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 1,296 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
$1,270$2,153$3,576$5,612$9,165

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 7.2× what the cheapest tenth charges ($1,270 vs $9,165).

Of the 1,400 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 1,296 gave a usable cash price; 43 carried a plausibility flag, 2 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 59 a list price only.

How complete is this

1,675 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (42%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 1,812 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted1,675
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here69
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded2
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded0
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded66
Hospitals that filed this code1,812

Sections not shown for this setting

  • 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 diagnostic radiology and related techniques family.

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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.

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Cite: HospitalRates.com, “Bile duct dye X-ray through a new skin puncture (CPT 47532) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-47532-bile-duct-dye-x-ray-through-a-new-skin-puncture