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Bile Duct Exam With Biopsy Via Existing Drainage Tract

Arkansas 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?

$4,011

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,011 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $380 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,631 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$380$295 to $389
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,631$2,344 to $3,715

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,631 · 10th to 90th $1,175 to $5,012Professionalmedian $380 · 10th to 90th $275 to $490
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,631professional $380

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

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$2,454.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$380.19
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,630.78
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$4,897.79
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$389.05
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$3,630.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$562.34
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$8,709.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$562.34
5 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
$134.90
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$190.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$75.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$281.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$56.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$38.02

Where Arkansas 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

Arkansas· 30th of 51

$4,011

$380 physician + $3,631 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.