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Bile Duct Exam With Biopsy Via Existing Drainage Tract

Delaware 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?

$5,207

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,207 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $309 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,898 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 3 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 $355
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,898$2,291 to $7,244

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,898 · 10th to 90th $1,905 to $7,244Professionalmedian $309 · 10th to 90th $269 to $479
$200.0$500.0$1.0K$2.0K$5.0Kfacility $4,898professional $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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,897.79
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$7,244.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$407.38
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$3,715.35
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$549.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$2,754.23
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$467.74

Where Delaware sits

The same service costs 22.3 times more in Wyoming than in West Virginia. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Physician feeFacility feeDelaware $5,207 · 15th of 50
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.