Biopsy Of The Bile Duct Lining Through The Skin

Nationwide rates for HCPCS 47543

Takes small tissue samples from the lining of a bile duct using a brush, forceps or needle passed down a tube that already runs through the skin into the duct. X-ray pictures guide the sampling. It is performed during another bile duct procedure and billed in addition to it, and the samples go to a laboratory to find out what is narrowing or blocking the duct.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Biopsy Of The Bile Duct Lining Through The Skin cost?

$2,332

Typical total for the visit. Nationwide, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,332 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $427 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,905 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

18% physician fee82% facility fee

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 50 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the bill	Who charges it	Typical	Range
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it	The doctor who performs it	$427	$186 to $676
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center	The hospital or surgery center	$1,905	$479 to $4,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,905 · 10th to 90th $182 to $7,943Professionalmedian $427 · 10th to 90th $126 to $1,230

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier	Facility/Professional	Modifier	Typical Low	Median	Typical High
Aetna Setting Facility Modifier Global Typical Low $389.05 Median $2,630.27 Typical High $8,912.51	Facility	Global	$389.05	$2,630.27	$8,912.51
BCBS Setting Facility Modifier Global Typical Low $1,698.24 Median $4,265.80 Typical High $11,220.18	Facility	Global	$1,698.24	$4,265.80	$11,220.18
Cigna Setting Facility Modifier Global Typical Low $223.87 Median $630.96 Typical High $2,691.53	Facility	Global	$223.87	$630.96	$2,691.53
United Setting Facility Modifier Global Typical Low $177.83 Median $1,047.13 Typical High $3,467.37	Facility	Global	$177.83	$1,047.13	$3,467.37

What it costs in each state

The same service costs 7.8 times more in California than in Maryland. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Physician feeFacility fee

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CA $4,254MD $544

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.