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Biopsy Of The Bile Duct Lining Through The Skin

California 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?

$3,467

Typical facility fee. In California, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,467 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $912 to $5,495.

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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,890 · 10th to 90th $501 to $12,589Professionalmedian $363 · 10th to 90th $123 to $794
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $3,890professional $363

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
$1,659.59
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$16,982.44
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$12,882.50
Blue Shield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$10,000.00
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,023.29
Contra Costa Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$1,230.27
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$724.44
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$2,187.76
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$1,023.29
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$6,025.60

Where California 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.

California· 4th of 50

$3,467

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.