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Bile Duct Exam With Biopsy Via Existing Drainage Tract

California 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?

$7,599

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,599 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $355 to the doctor who performs it, and $7,244 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 13 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$355$282 to $537
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$7,244$4,898 to $10,471

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,244 · 10th to 90th $813 to $15,849Professionalmedian $355 · 10th to 90th $245 to $1,318
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $7,244professional $355

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
$2,884.03
Median
$6,918.31
Typical High
$19,054.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$1,513.56
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,570.88
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$15,848.93
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$776.25
Blue Shield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$10,232.93
Blue Shield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$630.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$8,128.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$691.83
Contra Costa Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$363.08
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$616.60
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19,054.61
Median
$45,708.82
Typical High
$45,708.82
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$2,290.87
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$398.11
Optum
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$70.79
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$630.96
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$724.44
Sutter Health Plus
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$891.25
The Alliance
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$512.86
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,165.95
Median
$13,182.57
Typical High
$28,840.32
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$616.60

Where California 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

California· 5th of 50

$7,599

$355 physician + $7,244 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.