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Biopsy Of The Bile Duct Lining Through The Skin

Florida 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?

$3,090

Typical facility fee. In Florida, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,090 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $1,230 to $6,918.

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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,090 · 10th to 90th $550 to $10,715
$1$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $3,090

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
$549.54
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$10,964.78
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$12,302.69
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$2,691.53
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$6,309.57
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$3,890.45

Where Florida 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.

Florida· 7th of 50

$3,090

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.