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Bile Duct Exam With Biopsy Via Existing Drainage Tract

Arizona 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?

$3,857

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,857 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $309 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,548 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$309$282 to $398
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,548$1,445 to $5,623

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,548 · 10th to 90th $339 to $7,762Professionalmedian $309 · 10th to 90th $257 to $589
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,548professional $309

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
$2,187.76
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$562.34
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$5,128.61
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$602.56
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$5,888.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$616.60
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$7,244.36
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$2,089.30
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,073.80
Median
$6,606.93
Typical High
$10,715.19
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$549.54

Where Arizona 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

Arizona· 27th of 50

$3,857

$309 physician + $3,548 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.