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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 October 2026.

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

$3,147

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,147 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $263 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,884 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$263$209 to $302
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,884$1,660 to $6,607

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,884 · 10th to 90th $1,122 to $13,490Professionalmedian $263 · 10th to 90th $200 to $427
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $2,884professional $263

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
$645.65
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$12,022.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$323.59
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$9,772.37
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$338.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$6,025.60
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$426.58
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$16,982.44
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$380.19
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$575.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$15,488.17
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$436.52
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$194.98
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
$134.90
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$158.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$63.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$239.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$47.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$31.62

Where Florida 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

Florida· 43rd of 51

$3,147

$263 physician + $2,884 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.