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Procedure price report · Other non-OR gastrointestinal therapeutic procedures

Exchange of a bile duct drainage tube

CPT 47536the billing code this page is about

An existing bile drainage catheter is removed and replaced with a new one over the same tract, including the imaging guidance used during the exchange.

Hospitals typically charge $3,798 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 1,780 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $3,975. Most fall between $2,191 and $6,650 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
1,780
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 1,780 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
$1,292$2,450$3,798$6,028$8,992

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 7.0× what the cheapest tenth charges ($1,292 vs $8,992).

How the prices are spread

$814 – $1,055: 38 hospitals$814$1,055 – $1,367: 63 hospitals$1,367 – $1,772: 66 hospitals$1,367$1,772 – $2,297: 119 hospitals$2,297 – $2,977: 256 hospitals$2,297$2,977 – $3,859: 274 hospitals$3,859 – $5,002: 299 hospitals$3,859$5,002 – $6,483: 207 hospitals$6,483 – $8,403: 162 hospitals$6,483$8,403 – $10,892: 120 hospitals$8,403median $3,798price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (1,604 of 1,780 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$814$1,05538
$1,055$1,36763
$1,367$1,77266
$1,772$2,297119
$2,297$2,977256
$2,977$3,859274
$3,859$5,002299
$5,002$6,483207
$6,483$8,403162
$8,403$10,892120

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$3,658
Median cash price$3,798
Cash as a multiple of Medicare1.04×

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 $3,798.

Alaska: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $4,565 across 47 hospitalsWA$4,565Idaho: median $5,452 across 14 hospitalsID$5,452Montana: median $2,237 across 11 hospitalsMT$2,237North Dakota: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $3,150 across 48 hospitalsMN$3,150Illinois: median $3,374 across 77 hospitalsIL$3,374Wisconsin: median $3,955 across 61 hospitalsWI$3,955Michigan: median $3,640 across 55 hospitalsMI$3,640New York: median $4,469 across 65 hospitalsNY$4,469Massachusetts: median $4,166 across 32 hospitalsMA$4,166Oregon: median $4,936 across 37 hospitalsOR$4,936Nevada: median $3,640 across 11 hospitalsNV$3,640Wyoming: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $4,289 across 22 hospitalsIA$4,289Indiana: median $2,776 across 47 hospitalsIN$2,776Ohio: median $3,432 across 102 hospitalsOH$3,432Pennsylvania: median $5,880 across 93 hospitalsPA$5,880New Jersey: median $4,629 across 55 hospitalsNJ$4,629Connecticut: median $4,421 across 17 hospitalsCT$4,421Rhode Island: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $4,769 across 157 hospitalsCA$4,769Utah: median $3,291 across 26 hospitalsUT$3,291Colorado: median $2,485 across 34 hospitalsCO$2,485Nebraska: median $2,582 across 17 hospitalsNE$2,582Missouri: median $3,565 across 41 hospitalsMO$3,565Kentucky: median $3,622 across 15 hospitalsKY$3,622West Virginia: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: median $3,798 across 39 hospitalsVA$3,798Maryland: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $3,125 across 33 hospitalsAZ$3,125New Mexico: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: median $1,171 across 13 hospitalsKS$1,171Arkansas: median $2,165 across 15 hospitalsAR$2,165Tennessee: median $1,344 across 39 hospitalsTN$1,344North Carolina: median $2,321 across 49 hospitalsNC$2,321South Carolina: median $2,685 across 32 hospitalsSC$2,685Oklahoma: median $3,074 across 25 hospitalsOK$3,074Louisiana: median $3,169 across 27 hospitalsLA$3,169Mississippi: median $2,400 across 25 hospitalsMS$2,400Alabama: median $4,032 across 24 hospitalsAL$4,032Georgia: median $3,560 across 63 hospitalsGA$3,560Hawaii: median $2,668 across 10 hospitalsHI$2,668Texas: median $3,632 across 137 hospitalsTX$3,632Florida: median $4,626 across 92 hospitalsFL$4,626
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $3,798. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Pennsylvania PA93$5,880+55%$3,130 – $8,884
Idaho ID14$5,452+44%$2,500 – $8,630
Oregon OR37$4,936+30%$1,593 – $8,486
California CA157$4,769+26%$3,100 – $9,180
New Jersey NJ55$4,629+22%$3,906 – $6,311
Florida FL92$4,626+22%$2,417 – $8,425
Washington WA47$4,565+20%$1,607 – $6,560
New York NY65$4,469+18%$3,145 – $7,635
Connecticut CT17$4,421+16%$3,768 – $5,430
Iowa IA22$4,289+13%$2,446 – $6,765
Massachusetts MA32$4,166+10%$1,786 – $6,142
Alabama AL24$4,032+6%$3,551 – $8,040
Wisconsin WI61$3,955+4%$3,060 – $6,028
Virginia VA39$3,7980%$1,622 – $4,286
Michigan MI55$3,640−4%$3,258 – $6,712
Nevada NV11$3,640−4%$1,830 – $4,734
Texas TX137$3,632−4%$2,450 – $6,236
Kentucky KY15$3,622−5%$695 – $14,171
Missouri MO41$3,565−6%$2,191 – $5,158
Georgia GA63$3,560−6%$2,330 – $6,310
Ohio OH102$3,432−10%$2,509 – $7,132
Illinois IL77$3,374−11%$1,750 – $6,546
Utah UT26$3,291−13%$2,797 – $3,291
Louisiana LA27$3,169−17%$1,915 – $4,930
Minnesota MN48$3,150−17%$1,726 – $4,828
Arizona AZ33$3,125−18%$1,110 – $8,992
Oklahoma OK25$3,074−19%$1,812 – $4,745
Indiana IN47$2,776−27%$1,950 – $5,287
South Carolina SC32$2,685−29%$2,685 – $4,624
Hawaii HI10$2,668−30%$704 – $3,933
Nebraska NE17$2,582−32%$1,906 – $3,135
Colorado CO34$2,485−35%$2,118 – $6,901
Mississippi MS25$2,400−37%$1,628 – $2,521
North Carolina NC49$2,321−39%$1,260 – $4,076
Montana MT11$2,237−41%$1,073 – $3,571
Arkansas AR15$2,165−43%$706 – $2,509
Tennessee TN39$1,344−65%$968 – $2,219
Kansas KS13$1,171−69%$525 – $3,373
New Mexico NM9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT1not 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 $3,798.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care1,568$3,873$2,273 – $6,751
Children’s41$3,566$1,369 – $6,559
Critical access162$3,543$1,324 – $6,219
Ownership
For-profit185$4,274$2,330 – $8,992
Government216$3,383$1,775 – $5,401
Non-profit1,370$3,896$2,268 – $6,650
System affiliation
Part of a system1,551$3,810$2,305 – $6,751
Independent229$3,752$1,522 – $6,453

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$7,100
Median cash price$3,798
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

1,409 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $3,756 and the average of the middle 60% is $4,037; most fall between $2,152 and $6,946.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 1,409 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
$1,297$2,446$3,756$6,278$9,119

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 7.0× what the cheapest tenth charges ($1,297 vs $9,119).

Of the 1,508 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 1,409 gave a usable cash price; 44 carried a plausibility flag, 1 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 54 a list price only.

How complete is this

1,780 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (45%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 1,938 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted1,780
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here90
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded1
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded6
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded61
Hospitals that filed this code1,938

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 non-OR gastrointestinal therapeutic procedures family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Exchange Biliary Drg Catheter Prq W/Img Gid Rs&I.

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, “Exchange of a bile duct drainage tube (CPT 47536) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-47536-exchange-of-a-bile-duct-drainage-tube