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Bile Duct Exam With Biopsy Via Existing Drainage Tract

Iowa 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?

$4,418

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,418 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $437 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,981 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$437$288 to $617
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,981$724 to $7,943

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,981 · 10th to 90th $468 to $13,490Professionalmedian $437 · 10th to 90th $257 to $1,413
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,981professional $437

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
$4,897.79
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$1,412.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8,128.31
Median
$8,128.31
Typical High
$8,128.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$776.25
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,230.27
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$15,135.61
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$2,089.30
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$812.83
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8,128.31
Median
$8,128.31
Typical High
$8,128.31
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$758.58
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$10,471.29
Typical High
$16,982.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$812.83
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$616.60

Where Iowa 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

Iowa· 22nd of 50

$4,418

$437 physician + $3,981 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.