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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 October 2026.

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

$8,103

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8,103 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,023 to the doctor who performs it, and $7,079 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$1,023$427 to $1,096
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$7,079$3,890 to $10,715

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,079 · 10th to 90th $2,239 to $15,488Professionalmedian $1,023 · 10th to 90th $275 to $1,549
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $7,079professional $1,023

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$10,964.78
Typical High
$16,595.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$1,548.82
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,248.07
Median
$8,709.64
Typical High
$26,302.68
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$812.83
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$2,238.72
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,584.89
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,388.44
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$7,079.46
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,096.48
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$8,317.64
Typical High
$20,417.38
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$812.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,265.80
Median
$9,772.37
Typical High
$24,547.09
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,995.26
10 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$776.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$316.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,174.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$234.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$154.88
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$776.25
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$316.23
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,174.90
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$234.42
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$154.88

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 10.4 times more in Wyoming than in Montana. 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· 2nd of 51

$8,103

$1,023 physician + $7,079 facility

WY $8,979MT $863

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.