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Bile Duct Exam With Biopsy Via Existing Drainage Tract

Alabama 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?

$5,694

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,694 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $324 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,370 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$324$275 to $550
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,370$1,413 to $7,079

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,370 · 10th to 90th $955 to $8,710Professionalmedian $324 · 10th to 90th $257 to $562
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $5,370professional $324

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
$794.33
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$2,398.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$562.34
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,888.44
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$9,549.93
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$524.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$645.65
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$9,332.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$575.44

Where Alabama 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

Alabama· 12th of 50

$5,694

$324 physician + $5,370 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.