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Bile Duct Exam With Biopsy Via Existing Drainage Tract

Colorado 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?

$7,150

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,150 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $389 to the doctor who performs it, and $6,761 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$389$324 to $468
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$6,761$4,571 to $9,772

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,761 · 10th to 90th $2,512 to $13,183Professionalmedian $389 · 10th to 90th $275 to $550
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $6,761professional $389

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
$1,778.28
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$10,964.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$407.38
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,897.79
Median
$7,585.78
Typical High
$13,182.57
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$575.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$6,456.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$512.86
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$630.96
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$549.54
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$5,623.41
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$467.74
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$15,488.17
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$575.44
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
$138.04
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$173.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$69.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$263.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$52.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$34.67

Where Colorado 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

Colorado· 5th of 51

$7,150

$389 physician + $6,761 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.