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

In Houston, TX, Medicare pays $811.98 for 47532 in the office and $189.77 when it’s performed in a hospital or facility.

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

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 Houston, TX 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. Houston, TX pays $811.98. The RVUs are the same everywhere; the geographic indexes change the dollars.

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47532 rates by state

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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.

Payment rules and modifiers for 47532

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

What modifiers do to the payment

When to use modifier 51

Codes related to 47532

Related codes aren’t interchangeable: bill the code that matches the service performed.

How 47532 has changed in Houston, TX

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Where the Houston, TX rate applies

Houston, TX is a Medicare payment area, not a city. Our Census mapping connects it to 46 cities and communities in Texas. Some span more than one payment area; confirm with the service ZIP.

• 47532 in Houston · multiple payment areas
• Aldine
• Atascocita
• Barrett
• 47532 in Baytown · multiple payment areas
• Bellaire
• Bunker Hill Village
• Channelview

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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.

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