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Biopsy Of The Bile Duct Lining Through The Skin

Indiana 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?

$1,380

Typical facility fee. In Indiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,380 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $240 to $4,898.

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 $1,380 · 10th to 90th $158 to $5,623
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,380

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
$177.83
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$5,623.41
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$436.52
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$158.49
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$281.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$7,413.10

Where Indiana 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.

Indiana· 18th of 50

$1,380

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.