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Bile Duct Exam With Biopsy Via Existing Drainage Tract

Hawaii 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?

$4,893

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,893 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $427 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,467 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$427$295 to $2,512
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,467$1,778 to $4,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,467 · 10th to 90th $1,259 to $4,467Professionalmedian $427 · 10th to 90th $269 to $5,623
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $4,467professional $427

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
$1,318.26
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$4,466.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$426.58
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,258.93
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$707.95
HMSA
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$562.34
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$407.38
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$3,090.30
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$524.81
University Health Alliance
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$6,165.95

Where Hawaii 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

Hawaii· 18th of 50

$4,893

$427 physician + $4,467 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.