CPT code 47532: Cholangiography, existing access2026 Medicare rate & RVUs in Connecticut

Reports contrast injection through an established biliary access route to image the bile ducts, without creating new percutaneous access or placing a drain.

CMS RVU26DEffective Oct 1, 2026One payment locality339 Medicare services in 2024

In Connecticut, Medicare pays $865.91 for 47532 in the office and $191.07 when it’s performed in a hospital or facility.

$865.91Office (non-facility)
$191.07Hospital or facility
+7.0%vs the national office rate ($809.30)

Check a contract rate as a % of Medicare · 47532 nationwide

Medicare allowed amount for participating (non-QP) physicians, before deductible, coinsurance and claim adjustments. Not a patient’s bill or a hospital charge.

We’ll open 47532 for the payment locality that covers the ZIP.

On this page 11 sections
  1. Rate in Connecticut
  2. What 47532 covers
  3. Compared with other areas
  4. Rate map
  5. How it’s calculated
  6. Payment rules
  7. Related codes
  8. Rate history
  9. Where it applies
  10. Billing questions
  11. Sources

What 47532 covers

A physician injects contrast through an established route into the biliary system and obtains cholangiographic images. The route may be an existing biliary catheter or other established access. Interventional radiologists commonly perform this service in a hospital or outpatient procedural setting to assess duct anatomy, drainage, or a suspected obstruction. Fluoroscopy, when used, is part of the service.

Choose this code when imaging is performed through existing access, rather than by establishing new percutaneous access. The record should identify the access route, document the contrast injection and imaging, and include the clinical reason and findings. Same-day preoperative and postoperative care is included in the 0-day global service. When multiple procedures occur in one session, Medicare pays the highest-valued procedure in full and reduces the others to 50%. The biliary anatomy is not treated as a paired bilateral service, so modifier 50 is not appropriate. Medicare does not pay an assistant at surgery for this service, and does not permit co-surgeon or team-surgery payment.

This summary was written with AI assistance from CMS physician fee schedule data and checked against the CMS billing rules shown here. Rates on this page come directly from CMS files.

How Connecticut compares for 47532

Across 109 of 109 payment localities, the office rate for 47532 runs from $709.06 in Arkansas to $1,106.28 in San Benito County, CA. Connecticut pays $865.91. The RVUs are the same everywhere; the geographic indexes change the dollars.

47532 in Connecticut vs other payment areas
  1. Connecticut · this page$865.91
  2. Los Angeles, CA · California$929.28+$63.37
  3. Washington, DC area · District of Columbia$935.15+$69.24
  4. Miami, FL · Florida$861.17−$4.74
  5. Chicago, IL · Illinois$834.74−$31.17
  6. Manhattan, NY · New York$933.80+$67.89
  7. Alaska · Alaska$913.65+$47.74

Other areas in Connecticut first, then benchmark localities. Bars start at $0.

Every other payment area

47532 in every other Medicare payment locality
Payment localityOfficeFacility
AlabamaAlabama$720.37$172.09
ArkansasArkansas$709.06$170.81
ArizonaArizona$786.65$179.48
Bakersfield, CACalifornia$868.38$181.62
Chico, CACalifornia$866.91$180.15
El Centro, CACalifornia$866.99$180.23
Fresno, CACalifornia$866.91$180.15
Hanford, CACalifornia$866.91$180.15

47532 rates by state

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$709.06

$986.60

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47532 office rate range by state
State / territoryOffice rate rangeLocalities
AK$913.651
AL$720.371
AR$709.061
AZ$786.651
CA$866.91–$1,106.2829
CO$849.281
CT$865.911
DC$935.151
DE$800.491
FL$788.73–$861.173
GA$741.74–$823.482
GU$892.101
HI$892.101
IA$743.791
ID$748.311
IL$761.56–$840.584
IN$753.101
KS$738.341
KY$735.251
LA$733.33–$772.902
MA$842.89–$940.182
MD$817.20–$935.153
ME$750.74–$797.372
MI$754.46–$797.622
MN$816.771
MO$718.54–$777.913
MS$714.031
MT$809.271
NC$759.531
ND$799.581
NE$748.721
NH$834.101
NJ$876.65–$923.872
NM$758.261
NV$807.231
NY$771.71–$955.915
OH$752.481
OK$735.611
OR$801.82–$879.992
PA$754.72–$841.792
PR$816.261
RI$831.771
SC$757.091
SD$798.441
TN$742.151
TX$749.22–$845.688
UT$768.351
VA$793.36–$935.152
VI$816.261
VT$794.671
WA$841.89–$961.832
WI$770.481
WV$730.601
WY$805.051

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How the 47532 rate is calculated

Each of 47532’s three RVUs is multiplied by a geographic index (GPCI) for the payment locality, added up, and multiplied by the conversion factor. Drag the indexes or enter a ZIP to see what moves the rate.

How the rate is built · 47532

RVUs × geographic indexes × conversion factor

Office or facility?

Work4.14

4.14 RVUs× 1.000 GPCI

Practice expense19.60

19.60 RVUs× 1.000 GPCI

Malpractice0.49

0.49 RVUs× 1.000 GPCI

Adjusted RVUs

24.2300

Conversion factor

$33.4009

Medicare rate

$809.30

Every GPCI starts at 1.000, the national rate. Enter a ZIP or drag a slider.

The exact Connecticut inputs and CMS source lines

PPRRVU2026_Oct_nonQPP.csv

5,684

Code
47532
Physician work
4.14
Practice expense
19.60
Malpractice
0.49

GPCI2026.csv

38

Locality
Connecticut
Physician work
1.020
Practice expense
1.077
Malpractice
1.210
Office calculation for 47532 in Connecticut
ComponentRVULocality factorAdjusted
Physician work4.14× 1.0204.2228
Practice expense19.60× 1.07721.1092
Malpractice0.49× 1.2100.5929
Total RVUs25.9249
Conversion factor× 33.4009

Office rate, Connecticut$865.91

Office: (4.14 × 1.02 + 19.6 × 1.077 + 0.49 × 1.21) × $33.4009 = $865.91

Facility: (4.14 × 1.02 + 0.84 × 1.077 + 0.49 × 1.21) × $33.4009 = $191.07

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Payment rules and modifiers for 47532

The CMS indicators that decide how 47532 is paid alongside other services.

CMS payment indicators · 47532

Cholangiography, existing access

RuleCMS valueWhat it means
Global period000Same-day global: pre- and post-op care on the day of the procedure is included.
Multiple procedures2Standard reduction: highest-valued procedure at 100%, others at 50%.
Bilateral (modifier 50)0The 150% bilateral adjustment doesn’t apply.
Assistant at surgery (80/81/82/AS)1Not paid (statutory restriction).
Co-surgeons (62)0Not permitted.
Team surgery (66)0Not permitted.
Professional/technical0Physician service: no professional/technical split.

What modifiers do to the payment

Modifier 51 · payment effect

With and without the modifier

47532 without 51 · national office

$809.30

Cholangiography, existing access

47532-51 · Second procedure: 50%

$404.65

When this isn’t the highest-valued procedure in the session, Medicare pays 50% of its fee schedule amount (the highest is paid at 100%).

When to use modifier 51

How 47532 has changed in Connecticut

47532 · Office / nonfacility

$865.91

Effective 2026-10-01

The base rate is $16.01 higher than on 2025-10-01, moving from $849.90 to $865.91 (1.9%).

It is unchanged from the immediately preceding available release, effective 2026-07-01.

Base rate by release · bars start at $0 · select a bar to compare

One bar per available release, ordered by effective date. Missing rates remain gaps. These comparisons hold the code, setting and locality identifiers constant; they do not isolate which policy or input caused a change.

What changed, release by release
  1. January 1, 2026

    RVU26A

    $849.90changed to$865.91

    • Conversion factor 32.3465 changed to 33.4009
    • Work RVU 4.25 changed to 4.14
    • Practice expense RVU 19.56 changed to 19.60
    • Work GPCI 1.022 changed to 1.020
    • Practice expense GPCI 1.091 changed to 1.077
    • Malpractice GPCI 1.207 changed to 1.210

    Held through RVU26B, RVU26C, RVU26D.

  2. January 1, 2025

    RVU25A

    $891.25changed to$849.90

    • Conversion factor 33.2875 changed to 32.3465
    • Practice expense RVU 20.04 changed to 19.56
    • Malpractice RVU 0.47 changed to 0.49

    Held through RVU25B, RVU25C, RVU25D.

  3. March 9, 2024

    RVU24AR

    $876.71changed to$891.25

    • Conversion factor 32.7442 changed to 33.2875

    Held through RVU24B, RVU24C, RVU24D.

  4. January 1, 2024

    RVU24A

    $935.07changed to$876.71

    • Conversion factor 33.8872 changed to 32.7442
    • Practice expense RVU 20.64 changed to 20.04
    • Malpractice RVU 0.44 changed to 0.47
    • Work GPCI 1.030 changed to 1.022
    • Practice expense GPCI 1.102 changed to 1.091
    • Malpractice GPCI 1.070 changed to 1.207
  5. January 1, 2023

    RVU23A

    $988.07changed to$935.07

    • Conversion factor 34.6062 changed to 33.8872
    • Practice expense RVU 21.33 changed to 20.64
    • Malpractice RVU 0.41 changed to 0.44
    • Work GPCI 1.037 changed to 1.030
    • Practice expense GPCI 1.114 changed to 1.102
    • Malpractice GPCI 0.934 changed to 1.070

    Held through RVU23B, RVU23C, RVU23D.

  6. January 1, 2022

    RVU22A

    $998.14changed to$988.07

    • Conversion factor 34.8931 changed to 34.6062
    • Practice expense RVU 21.37 changed to 21.33
    • Malpractice RVU 0.42 changed to 0.41

    Held through RVU22B, RVU22C, RVU22D.

  7. January 1, 2021

    RVU21A

    $956.49changed to$998.14

    • Conversion factor 36.0896 changed to 34.8931
    • Practice expense RVU 19.49 changed to 21.37
    • Malpractice RVU 0.40 changed to 0.42
    • Work GPCI 1.029 changed to 1.037
    • Practice expense GPCI 1.113 changed to 1.114
    • Malpractice GPCI 1.094 changed to 0.934

    Held through RVU21B, RVU21C, RVU21D.

  8. January 1, 2020

    RVU20A

    $919.08changed to$956.49

    • Conversion factor 36.0391 changed to 36.0896
    • Practice expense RVU 18.58 changed to 19.49
    • Work GPCI 1.021 changed to 1.029
    • Practice expense GPCI 1.112 changed to 1.113
    • Malpractice GPCI 1.255 changed to 1.094

    Held through RVU20B, RVU20C, RVU20D.

  9. January 1, 2019

    RVU19A

    $894.45changed to$919.08

    • Conversion factor 35.9996 changed to 36.0391
    • Practice expense RVU 17.99 changed to 18.58

    Held through RVU19B, RVU19C, RVU19D.

  10. January 1, 2018

    RVU18AR1

    $900.37changed to$894.45

    • Conversion factor 35.8887 changed to 35.9996
    • Practice expense RVU 18.10 changed to 17.99
    • Malpractice RVU 0.42 changed to 0.40
    • Work GPCI 1.023 changed to 1.021
    • Practice expense GPCI 1.117 changed to 1.112
    • Malpractice GPCI 1.244 changed to 1.255

    Held through RVU18B, RVU18C, RVU18D.

  11. January 1, 2017

    RVU17A

    $922.57changed to$900.37

    • Conversion factor 35.8043 changed to 35.8887
    • Practice expense RVU 18.62 changed to 18.10
    • Malpractice RVU 0.44 changed to 0.42
    • Work GPCI 1.024 changed to 1.023
    • Practice expense GPCI 1.121 changed to 1.117
    • Malpractice GPCI 1.232 changed to 1.244

    Held through RVU17B, RVU17C, RVU17D.

  12. January 1, 2016

    RVU16A

    No ratechanged to$922.57

    Held through RVU16B, RVU16C, RVU16D.

  13. January 1, 2013

    RVU13AR

    Earliest loaded release: No rate

    Held through RVU13B, RVU13C, RVU13D, RVU14A, RVU14B, RVU14C, RVU14D, RVU15A, RVU15B, RVU15C, RVU15D.

Rates in every CMS release
Effective fromOfficeFacilityCMS release
2026-10-01$865.91$191.07RVU26D
2026-07-01$865.91$191.07RVU26C
2026-04-01$865.91$191.07RVU26B
2026-01-01$865.91$191.07RVU26A
2025-10-01$849.90$211.50RVU25D
2025-07-01$849.90$211.50RVU25C
2025-04-01$849.90$211.50RVU25B
2025-01-01$849.90$211.50RVU25A
2024-10-01$891.25$215.04RVU24D
2024-07-01$891.25$215.04RVU24C
2024-04-01$891.25$215.04RVU24B
2024-03-09$891.25$215.04RVU24AR
2024-01-01$876.71$211.53RVU24A
2023-10-01$935.07$218.44RVU23D
2023-07-01$935.07$218.44RVU23C
2023-04-01$935.07$218.44RVU23B
2023-01-01$935.07$218.44RVU23A
2022-10-01$988.07$222.06RVU22D
2022-07-01$988.07$222.06RVU22C
2022-04-01$988.07$222.06RVU22B
2022-01-01$988.07$222.06RVU22A
2021-10-01$998.14$225.39RVU21D
2021-07-01$998.14$225.39RVU21C
2021-04-01$998.14$225.39RVU21B
2021-01-01$998.14$225.39RVU21A
2020-10-01$956.49$234.27RVU20D
2020-07-01$956.49$234.27RVU20C
2020-04-01$956.49$234.27RVU20B
2020-01-01$956.49$234.27RVU20A
2019-10-01$919.08$235.79RVU19D
2019-07-01$919.08$235.79RVU19C
2019-04-01$919.08$235.79RVU19B
2019-01-01$919.08$235.79RVU19A
2018-10-01$894.45$235.53RVU18D
2018-07-01$894.45$235.53RVU18C
2018-04-01$894.45$235.53RVU18B
2018-01-01$894.45$235.53RVU18AR1
2017-10-01$900.37$237.32RVU17D
2017-07-01$900.37$237.32RVU17C
2017-04-01$900.37$237.32RVU17B
2017-01-01$900.37$237.32RVU17A
2016-10-01$922.57$238.64RVU16D
2016-07-01$922.57$238.64RVU16C
2016-04-01$922.57$238.64RVU16B
2016-01-01$922.57$238.64RVU16A
2015-10-01Not in this releaseNot in this releaseRVU15D
2015-07-01Not in this releaseNot in this releaseRVU15C
2015-04-01Not in this releaseNot in this releaseRVU15B
2015-01-01Not in this releaseNot in this releaseRVU15A
2014-10-01Not in this releaseNot in this releaseRVU14D
2014-07-01Not in this releaseNot in this releaseRVU14C
2014-04-01Not in this releaseNot in this releaseRVU14B
2014-01-01Not in this releaseNot in this releaseRVU14A
2013-10-01Not in this releaseNot in this releaseRVU13D
2013-07-01Not in this releaseNot in this releaseRVU13C
2013-04-01Not in this releaseNot in this releaseRVU13B
2013-01-01Not in this releaseNot in this releaseRVU13AR

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Where the Connecticut rate applies

Connecticut is a Medicare payment area, not a city. Our Census mapping connects it to 215 cities and communities in Connecticut. Some span more than one payment area; confirm with the service ZIP.

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  • Ball Pond
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  • Bethel
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  • Bigelow Corners
  • Blue Hills

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47532 billing questions

How is 47532 different from 47531?

47532 is for cholangiographic injection through access that is already established. Use 47531 when the service involves percutaneous transhepatic access for the cholangiogram.

Is fluoroscopy separately reported?

Fluoroscopy, when performed as part of this injection service, is included. The documentation should support the contrast injection and resulting biliary imaging.

Can 47532 be reported for placing a biliary drain?

No. Drain placement is a different service; select the applicable placement code when a catheter is placed. This code describes imaging through existing access.

What should the record show to support 47532?

Document the pre-existing access route, contrast injection, cholangiographic imaging, clinical indication, and findings. The record should distinguish this work from new access or catheter placement.

Can modifier 50 be used for bilateral ducts?

No. The service is not treated as a paired bilateral procedure, and modifier 50 is inappropriate.

How does Medicare handle other procedures performed in the same session?

Under the standard multiple procedure reduction, Medicare pays the highest-valued procedure in full and reduces the other procedures to 50%. Same-day preoperative and postoperative care is included in this code's 0-day global period.

Where these rates come from

FeeBase calculates base physician payments from CMS work, practice-expense and malpractice RVUs, adjusted by each locality’s geographic indexes and the conversion factor. Services without a published rate are labeled, never given a made-up amount. Amounts are Medicare allowed amounts before claim adjustments: not a patient’s bill or a commercial rate.

CMS RVU26D · effective Oct 1, 2026 through the day before Jan 1, 2027

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RVUs for 47532PPRRVU2026_Oct_nonQPP.csv, line 5,684 (RVU26D)
Geographic factors for ConnecticutGPCI2026.csv, line 38 (RVU26D)

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