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Bile Duct Exam With Biopsy Via Existing Drainage Tract

Alaska rates for HCPCS 47553

Using a thin scope passed through an existing drainage tract in the abdomen, a doctor examines the bile ducts, the channels that carry bile from the liver to the intestine, and takes a tissue sample for testing. This approach works through a tract that is already in place from a prior drainage procedure, rather than requiring a new access point. It helps identify the cause of a bile duct blockage or abnormality.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Bile Duct Exam With Biopsy Via Existing Drainage Tract cost?

$1,209

Typical total for the visit. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,209 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $741 to the doctor who performs it, and $468 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$741$288 to $1,148
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$468$355 to $617

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $468 · 10th to 90th $288 to $1,549Professionalmedian $741 · 10th to 90th $275 to $1,698
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $468professional $741

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
$954.99
Median
$10,715.19
Typical High
$14,125.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$1,548.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$933.25
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$758.58
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,778.28
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,778.28
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$758.58
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$812.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13,182.57
Median
$13,182.57
Typical High
$13,182.57
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$1,513.56

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 22.3 times more in Wyoming than in West Virginia. 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.

Physician feeFacility fee

Alaska· 39th of 50

$1,209

$741 physician + $468 facility

WY $13,619WV $611

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.