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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 October 2026.

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

$7,419

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,419 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $501 to the doctor who performs it, and $6,918 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$501$427 to $603
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$6,918$3,981 to $9,120

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,918 · 10th to 90th $1,000 to $12,303Professionalmedian $501 · 10th to 90th $282 to $741
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $6,918professional $501

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
$3,801.89
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$446.68
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$8,912.51
Typical High
$13,489.63
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$707.95
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$6,918.31
Typical High
$8,511.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$691.83
ConnectiCare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$831.76
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$524.81
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$15,488.17
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$954.99
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
$141.25
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$223.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$89.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$338.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$67.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$44.67

Where Connecticut 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

Connecticut· 4th of 51

$7,419

$501 physician + $6,918 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.