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Biopsy Of The Bile Duct Lining Through The Skin

Wisconsin 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?

$490

Typical facility fee. In Wisconsin, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $490 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $282 to $933.

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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $468 · 10th to 90th $148 to $2,188Professionalmedian $490 · 10th to 90th $219 to $1,230
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $468professional $490

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
$154.88
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$3,235.94
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,905.46
DeanCare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$3,467.37
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$1,445.44
Network Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$2,344.23
Prevea360
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$758.58
Quartz
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$1,230.27
Quartz
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$2,187.76
Security Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$1,513.56
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$1,949.84

Where Wisconsin 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.

Wisconsin· 39th of 50

$490

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.