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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 July 2026.

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

$2,122

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,122 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $302 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,820 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$302$282 to $380
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,820$1,230 to $3,631

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,820 · 10th to 90th $490 to $4,898Professionalmedian $302 · 10th to 90th $257 to $479
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,820professional $302

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
$426.58
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,995.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$467.74
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,630.78
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$4,897.79
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$389.05
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$3,388.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$575.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$13,182.57
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$549.54

Where Arkansas 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

Arkansas· 36th of 50

$2,122

$302 physician + $1,820 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.