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Biopsy Of The Bile Duct Lining Through The Skin

Alabama 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?

$1,259

Typical facility fee. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,259 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $759 to $3,802.

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 3 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,259 · 10th to 90th $447 to $4,571
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,259

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
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$2,398.83
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,467.37
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$5,623.41
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,584.89

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 18.2 times more in New Jersey than in Wyoming. 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.

Alabama· 20th of 50

$1,259

NJ $5,370WY $295

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.