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Procedure price report · Other non-OR gastrointestinal therapeutic procedures

Removal of a bile duct drainage tube

CPT 47537the billing code this page is about

An indwelling bile drainage catheter is taken out, including imaging of the tract done at the time of removal.

Hospitals typically charge $1,262 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 1,646 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $1,372. Most fall between $736 and $2,500 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
1,646
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 1,646 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
$517$860$1,262$2,113$3,509

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 6.8× what the cheapest tenth charges ($517 vs $3,509).

How the prices are spread

$357 – $464: 44 hospitals$357$464 – $602: 109 hospitals$602 – $781: 134 hospitals$602$781 – $1,013: 160 hospitals$1,013 – $1,314: 340 hospitals$1,013$1,314 – $1,705: 226 hospitals$1,705 – $2,213: 172 hospitals$1,705$2,213 – $2,871: 125 hospitals$2,871 – $3,726: 107 hospitals$2,871$3,726 – $4,835: 66 hospitals$3,726median $1,262price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (1,483 of 1,646 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$357$46444
$464$602109
$602$781134
$781$1,013160
$1,013$1,314340
$1,314$1,705226
$1,705$2,213172
$2,213$2,871125
$2,871$3,726107
$3,726$4,83566

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$927
Median cash price$1,262
Cash as a multiple of Medicare1.36×

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 $1,262.

Alaska: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $1,178 across 41 hospitalsWA$1,178Idaho: median $1,541 across 13 hospitalsID$1,541Montana: median $765 across 13 hospitalsMT$765North Dakota: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $1,031 across 36 hospitalsMN$1,031Illinois: median $1,251 across 71 hospitalsIL$1,251Wisconsin: median $1,319 across 61 hospitalsWI$1,319Michigan: median $1,092 across 65 hospitalsMI$1,092New York: median $1,209 across 65 hospitalsNY$1,209Massachusetts: median $1,623 across 29 hospitalsMA$1,623Oregon: median $1,095 across 30 hospitalsOR$1,095Nevada: median $986 across 11 hospitalsNV$986Wyoming: 3 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 $1,168 across 19 hospitalsIA$1,168Indiana: median $1,533 across 42 hospitalsIN$1,533Ohio: median $1,399 across 92 hospitalsOH$1,399Pennsylvania: median $1,539 across 89 hospitalsPA$1,539New Jersey: median $1,251 across 54 hospitalsNJ$1,251Connecticut: median $1,399 across 16 hospitalsCT$1,399Rhode Island: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $2,344 across 145 hospitalsCA$2,344Utah: median $1,201 across 26 hospitalsUT$1,201Colorado: median $1,080 across 35 hospitalsCO$1,080Nebraska: median $646 across 17 hospitalsNE$646Missouri: median $1,304 across 37 hospitalsMO$1,304Kentucky: median $1,030 across 12 hospitalsKY$1,030West Virginia: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: median $821 across 38 hospitalsVA$821Maryland: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $851 across 31 hospitalsAZ$851New Mexico: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: median $854 across 11 hospitalsKS$854Arkansas: median $481 across 12 hospitalsAR$481Tennessee: median $357 across 36 hospitalsTN$357North Carolina: median $1,127 across 44 hospitalsNC$1,127South Carolina: median $2,076 across 31 hospitalsSC$2,076Oklahoma: median $1,067 across 23 hospitalsOK$1,067Louisiana: median $873 across 26 hospitalsLA$873Mississippi: median $545 across 21 hospitalsMS$545Alabama: median $1,237 across 17 hospitalsAL$1,237Georgia: median $1,301 across 58 hospitalsGA$1,301Hawaii: median $581 across 10 hospitalsHI$581Texas: median $1,381 across 124 hospitalsTX$1,381Florida: median $1,924 across 83 hospitalsFL$1,924
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $1,262. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
California CA145$2,344+86%$1,220 – $4,449
South Carolina SC31$2,076+65%$1,160 – $2,076
Florida FL83$1,924+53%$890 – $3,121
Massachusetts MA29$1,623+29%$561 – $3,086
Idaho ID13$1,541+22%$1,069 – $2,526
Pennsylvania PA89$1,539+22%$927 – $3,019
Indiana IN42$1,533+22%$844 – $2,491
Connecticut CT16$1,399+11%$1,258 – $2,787
Ohio OH92$1,399+11%$1,022 – $2,227
Texas TX124$1,381+9%$1,136 – $3,161
Wisconsin WI61$1,319+5%$1,201 – $1,825
Missouri MO37$1,304+3%$827 – $3,573
Georgia GA58$1,301+3%$517 – $1,820
New Jersey NJ54$1,251−1%$1,039 – $4,881
Illinois IL71$1,251−1%$665 – $2,223
Alabama AL17$1,237−2%$916 – $2,879
New York NY65$1,209−4%$927 – $2,357
Utah UT26$1,201−5%$1,069 – $1,257
Washington WA41$1,178−7%$659 – $1,562
Iowa IA19$1,168−7%$769 – $1,929
North Carolina NC44$1,127−11%$715 – $1,183
Oregon OR30$1,095−13%$278 – $2,223
Michigan MI65$1,092−13%$483 – $1,557
Colorado CO35$1,080−14%$618 – $1,715
Oklahoma OK23$1,067−15%$574 – $1,912
Minnesota MN36$1,031−18%$815 – $1,338
Kentucky KY12$1,030−18%$571 – $3,765
Nevada NV11$986−22%$507 – $2,357
Louisiana LA26$873−31%$573 – $1,412
Kansas KS11$854−32%$534 – $4,691
Arizona AZ31$851−33%$648 – $4,274
Virginia VA38$821−35%$654 – $1,091
Montana MT13$765−39%$531 – $1,027
Nebraska NE17$646−49%$568 – $1,406
Hawaii HI10$581−54%$540 – $1,165
Mississippi MS21$545−57%$317 – $719
Arkansas AR12$481−62%$445 – $746
Tennessee TN36$357−72%$347 – $665
West Virginia WV9not 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
Rhode Island RI6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY3not 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 $1,262.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care1,471$1,267$736 – $2,520
Children’s36$1,311$830 – $3,489
Critical access130$1,201$666 – $2,026
Ownership
For-profit152$1,381$813 – $3,121
Government195$1,110$545 – $1,719
Non-profit1,290$1,292$746 – $2,526
System affiliation
Part of a system1,445$1,283$745 – $2,526
Independent201$1,198$632 – $2,180

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$2,301
Median cash price$1,262
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

1,292 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $1,327 and the average of the middle 60% is $1,453; most fall between $746 and $2,574.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 1,292 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
$517$884$1,327$2,227$3,456

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 6.7× what the cheapest tenth charges ($517 vs $3,456).

Of the 1,379 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 1,292 gave a usable cash price; 32 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

1,646 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 1,771 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted1,646
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here63
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded1
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded1
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded60
Hospitals that filed this code1,771

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 Removal Biliary Drg Catheter Req Fluor 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, “Removal of a bile duct drainage tube (CPT 47537) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-47537-removal-of-a-bile-duct-drainage-tube