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Bile Duct Exam With Biopsy Via Existing Drainage Tract

Connecticut 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?

$7,583

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,583 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $339 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$339$282 to $468
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$7,244$4,898 to $9,550

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,244 · 10th to 90th $3,467 to $12,023Professionalmedian $339 · 10th to 90th $263 to $724
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $7,244professional $339

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
$3,467.37
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$9,549.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$645.65
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,309.57
Median
$11,748.98
Typical High
$13,803.84
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$741.31
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$8,912.51
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$831.76
ConnectiCare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$831.76
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$512.86
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$10,964.78
Typical High
$18,620.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$954.99

Where Connecticut 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

Connecticut· 6th of 50

$7,583

$339 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.