Gallbladder removal with bile duct X-ray cost in Fort Wayne, IN
In Fort Wayne, IN, 4 hospitals list a cash price for gallbladder removal, laparoscopic, with X-ray of the bile ducts during surgery: from $642.24 to $802.80, with a median of $722.52. The lowest listed price is at Bluffton Regional Medical Center — $80.28 less than the median here. Across Indiana, the median is $1,338.00 at 21 hospitals.
Cash prices at 4 facilities across 2 cities for code 47563, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 1, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.
Where each hospital's price falls
Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Fort Wayne, IN.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bluffton Regional Medical Center lowest Bluffton, IN · (260) 824-3210 47563,52 LAPARO CHOLECYSTECTOMY/GRAPH | $642.24 | $2,676.00 | $638.54–$2,408.40 | 76% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Bluffton Regional Medical Center lowest Bluffton, IN · (260) 824-3210 47563 LAPARO CHOLECYSTECTOMY/GRAPH | $642.24 | $2,676.00 | $638.54–$2,408.40 | 76% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Dupont Hospital Fort Wayne, IN · (260) 416-3000 47563,52 LAPARO CHOLECYSTECTOMY/GRAPH | $722.52 | $2,676.00 | $5,664.50–$26,285.57 | 73% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Dupont Hospital Fort Wayne, IN · (260) 416-3000 47563 LAPARO CHOLECYSTECTOMY/GRAPH | $722.52 | $2,676.00 | $5,664.50–$26,285.57 | 73% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Lutheran Musculoskeletal Center Fort Wayne, IN 47563,52 LAPARO CHOLECYSTECTOMY/GRAPH | $722.52 | $2,676.00 | $5,664.50–$26,285.57 | 73% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Lutheran Musculoskeletal Center Fort Wayne, IN 47563 LAPARO CHOLECYSTECTOMY/GRAPH | $722.52 | $2,676.00 | $5,664.50–$26,285.57 | 73% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Lutheran Hospital of Indiana Fort Wayne, IN · (260) 435-7001 47563,52 LAPARO CHOLECYSTECTOMY/GRAPH | $802.80 | $2,676.00 | $618.38–$2,408.40 | 70% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Lutheran Hospital of Indiana Fort Wayne, IN · (260) 435-7001 47563 LAPARO CHOLECYSTECTOMY/GRAPH | $802.80 | $2,676.00 | $618.38–$2,408.40 | 70% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Dupont Hospital Fort Wayne, IN · (260) 416-3000 LAPARO CHOLECYSTECTOMY/GRAPH | $16,734.00 | $61,977.79 | $638.54–$55,780.01 | 73% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Lutheran Hospital of Indiana Fort Wayne, IN · (260) 435-7001 LAPARO CHOLECYSTECTOMY/GRAPH | $19,329.74 | $64,432.48 | $618.38–$57,989.23 | 70% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
Outpatient: lowest $642.24, median $722.52, highest $802.80 — a 1.2× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 4 facilities here, median $963.36. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.
Cash or insurance?
At 4 of 4 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at 2 it is below every plan's rate. If you have insurance but have not met your deductible, you usually pay your plan's negotiated rate, which falls somewhere in the "Insurers pay" column. Paying cash can cost less, but a cash payment usually does not count toward your deductible. Ask the hospital for both numbers before you book.
What it is
This code covers laparoscopic gallbladder removal when the surgeon also injects dye and takes an X-ray of the bile ducts during the operation to look for stones.
What the price covers
The hospital price usually covers the operating room, recovery and supplies. The surgeon and anesthesia usually bill separately.
8 rows held back from this comparison
They are priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 47563 ($5,465.71). Such a line is almost always a physician's fee billed separately, an assistant's share or a placeholder — a real charge, but not the price of the procedure itself.
| Bluffton Regional Medical Center Bluffton, IN47563,80 LAPARO CHOLECYSTECTOMY/GRAPH | $217.20 | file |
| Bluffton Regional Medical Center Bluffton, IN47563,AS LAPARO CHOLECYSTECTOMY/GRAPH | $217.20 | file |
| Lutheran Musculoskeletal Center Fort Wayne, IN47563,AS LAPARO CHOLECYSTECTOMY/GRAPH | $244.35 | file |
| Lutheran Musculoskeletal Center Fort Wayne, IN47563,80 LAPARO CHOLECYSTECTOMY/GRAPH | $244.35 | file |
| Dupont Hospital Fort Wayne, IN47563,AS LAPARO CHOLECYSTECTOMY/GRAPH | $244.35 | file |
| Dupont Hospital Fort Wayne, IN47563,80 LAPARO CHOLECYSTECTOMY/GRAPH | $244.35 | file |
| Lutheran Hospital of Indiana Fort Wayne, IN47563,AS LAPARO CHOLECYSTECTOMY/GRAPH | $271.50 | file |
| Lutheran Hospital of Indiana Fort Wayne, IN47563,80 LAPARO CHOLECYSTECTOMY/GRAPH | $542.70 | file |