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Biopsy Of The Bile Duct Lining Through The Skin

Ohio 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?

$1,950

Typical facility fee. In Ohio, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,950 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $813 to $4,677.

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 $1,950 · 10th to 90th $275 to $10,715
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,950

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
$371.54
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$10,715.19
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$173.78
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$602.56
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$21,379.62
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$2,951.21

Where Ohio 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.

Ohio· 13th of 50

$1,950

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.