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Biopsy Of The Bile Duct Lining Through The Skin

Maryland 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?

$407

Typical facility fee. In Maryland, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $407 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $214 to $501.

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 3 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $117 · 10th to 90th $76 to $603Professionalmedian $427 · 10th to 90th $257 to $603
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $117professional $427

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
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$2,691.53
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$602.56
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$575.44

Where Maryland 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.

Maryland· 46th of 50

$407

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.