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Procedure price report · Other non-OR gastrointestinal therapeutic procedures

Unlisted procedure on the biliary tract

CPT 47999the billing code this page is about

Used for an operation on the gallbladder or bile ducts that has no specific billing code of its own.

Hospitals typically charge $2,434 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 656 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $2,588. Most fall between $1,109 and $5,785 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
656
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 656 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
$673$1,224$2,434$4,758$8,271

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 12× what the cheapest tenth charges ($673 vs $8,271).

How the prices are spread

$552 – $745: 39 hospitals$552$745 – $1,006: 36 hospitals$1,006 – $1,358: 90 hospitals$1,006$1,358 – $1,833: 76 hospitals$1,833 – $2,475: 72 hospitals$1,833$2,475 – $3,342: 90 hospitals$3,342 – $4,513: 50 hospitals$3,342$4,513 – $6,094: 46 hospitals$6,094 – $8,228: 55 hospitals$6,094$8,228 – $11,110: 38 hospitals$8,228median $2,434price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (592 of 656 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$552$74539
$745$1,00636
$1,006$1,35890
$1,358$1,83376
$1,833$2,47572
$2,475$3,34290
$3,342$4,51350
$4,513$6,09446
$6,094$8,22855
$8,228$11,11038

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$927
Median cash price$2,434
Cash as a multiple of Medicare2.6×

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 $2,434.

Alaska: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceVTNew Hampshire: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceNHWashington: median $1,767 across 12 hospitalsWA$1,767Idaho: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $2,975 across 18 hospitalsMN$2,975Illinois: median $2,962 across 30 hospitalsIL$2,962Wisconsin: median $2,247 across 17 hospitalsWI$2,247Michigan: median $1,247 across 10 hospitalsMI$1,247New York: median $1,132 across 40 hospitalsNY$1,132Massachusetts: median $6,906 across 16 hospitalsMA$6,906Oregon: median $2,928 across 15 hospitalsOR$2,928Nevada: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceWYSouth Dakota: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceSDIowa: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIAIndiana: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureINOhio: median $2,217 across 43 hospitalsOH$2,217Pennsylvania: median $1,788 across 41 hospitalsPA$1,788New Jersey: median $3,292 across 35 hospitalsNJ$3,292Connecticut: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $5,080 across 52 hospitalsCA$5,080Utah: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: median $1,224 across 18 hospitalsCO$1,224Nebraska: median $600 across 10 hospitalsNE$600Missouri: median $2,718 across 17 hospitalsMO$2,718Kentucky: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: median $2,180 across 25 hospitalsVA$2,180Maryland: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: median $799 across 12 hospitalsTN$799North Carolina: median $581 across 23 hospitalsNC$581South Carolina: median $4,758 across 18 hospitalsSC$4,758Oklahoma: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureOKLouisiana: median $1,343 across 12 hospitalsLA$1,343Mississippi: median $1,300 across 11 hospitalsMS$1,300Alabama: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureGAHawaii: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $2,793 across 56 hospitalsTX$2,793Florida: median $2,091 across 39 hospitalsFL$2,091
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $2,434. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Massachusetts MA16$6,906+184%$2,941 – $10,391
California CA52$5,080+109%$2,730 – $8,271
South Carolina SC18$4,758+96%$4,758 – $5,802
New Jersey NJ35$3,292+35%$1,039 – $5,110
Minnesota MN18$2,975+22%$759 – $2,975
Illinois IL30$2,962+22%$1,352 – $3,619
Oregon OR15$2,928+20%$1,704 – $6,473
Texas TX56$2,793+15%$2,441 – $7,847
Missouri MO17$2,718+12%$1,626 – $3,111
Wisconsin WI17$2,247−8%$1,419 – $3,055
Ohio OH43$2,217−9%$1,646 – $27,541
Virginia VA25$2,180−10%$1,152 – $2,308
Florida FL39$2,091−14%$1,525 – $8,053
Pennsylvania PA41$1,788−27%$1,138 – $11,110
Washington WA12$1,767−27%$1,178 – $9,650
Louisiana LA12$1,343−45%$453 – $1,446
Mississippi MS11$1,300−47%$1,011 – $7,033
Michigan MI10$1,247−49%$1,247 – $3,968
Colorado CO18$1,224−50%$804 – $1,297
New York NY40$1,132−53%$1,077 – $4,500
Tennessee TN12$799−67%$378 – $1,488
Nebraska NE10$600−75%$600 – $1,691
North Carolina NC23$581−76%$568 – $1,340
Connecticut CT9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Georgia GA7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Iowa IA7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Indiana IN5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Oklahoma OK4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Utah UT1not 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 $2,434.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care589$2,441$1,109 – $5,785
Children’s9fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access53$2,217$887 – $3,619
Ownership
For-profit46$2,441$906 – $3,827
Government89$1,435$568 – $7,323
Non-profit516$2,531$1,173 – $5,785
System affiliation
Part of a system591$2,441$1,109 – $6,310
Independent65$1,694$805 – $3,109

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$3,953
Median cash price$2,434
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

497 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $2,441 and the average of the middle 60% is $2,838; most fall between $1,173 and $6,473.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 497 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
$670$1,318$2,441$5,080$8,271

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 12× what the cheapest tenth charges ($670 vs $8,271).

Of the 538 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 497 gave a usable cash price; 16 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 25 a list price only.

How complete is this

656 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (17%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 706 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted656
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here24
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 — excluded24
Hospitals that filed this code706

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 PR Repair of Gallbladder Laceration/Injury C/T 44602.

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, “Unlisted procedure on the biliary tract (CPT 47999) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-47999-unlisted-procedure-on-the-biliary-tract