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Bile Duct Exam With Biopsy Via Existing Drainage Tract

Florida 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?

$6,916

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,916 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $309 to the doctor who performs it, and $6,607 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$309$275 to $363
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$6,607$2,630 to $10,965

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,607 · 10th to 90th $1,000 to $15,136Professionalmedian $309 · 10th to 90th $257 to $537
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $6,607professional $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. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$11,481.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$562.34
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$11,220.18
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$354.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$3,467.37
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$645.65
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,623.41
Median
$12,022.64
Typical High
$23,442.29
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$407.38
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$331.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,162.28
Median
$11,481.54
Typical High
$18,620.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$562.34
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$288.40

Where Florida 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

Florida· 8th of 50

$6,916

$309 physician + $6,607 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.