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Biopsy Of The Bile Duct Lining Through The Skin

Massachusetts 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?

$1,000

Typical facility fee. In Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,000 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $162 to $2,344.

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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,000 · 10th to 90th $158 to $3,388
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,000

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
$1,000.00
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$3,715.35
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$2,818.38
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$371.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$741.31
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$3,311.31
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$3,467.37
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$2,818.38
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,754.23

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 26th of 50

$1,000

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.