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Biopsy Of The Bile Duct Lining Through The Skin

Texas 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?

$891

Typical facility fee. In Texas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $891 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $355 to $2,512.

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 $891 · 10th to 90th $151 to $4,677
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $891

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
$467.74
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$6,918.31
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$10,471.29
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$363.08
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$2,691.53
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$2,187.76
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$1,000.00
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$1,023.29
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$2,398.83

Where Texas 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.

Texas· 27th of 50

$891

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.