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Biopsy Of The Bile Duct Lining Through The Skin

Louisiana 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?

$1,288

Typical facility fee. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,288 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $603 to $3,162.

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 $1,288 · 10th to 90th $214 to $3,890
$0.1$1$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $1,288

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
$478.63
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$3,548.13
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.02
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$9,549.93
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$123.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$812.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$1,318.26

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 19th of 50

$1,288

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.