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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 October 2026.

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

$5,614

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,614 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $603 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,012 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$603$479 to $676
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,012$1,175 to $8,318

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,012 · 10th to 90th $676 to $14,791Professionalmedian $603 · 10th to 90th $331 to $1,047
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $5,012professional $603

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
$602.56
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$7,244.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$467.74
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$6,606.93
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$776.25
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$1,047.13
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$15,135.61
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$2,089.30
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$758.58
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$6,606.93
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$831.76
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$16,982.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$794.33
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$616.60
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
$128.82
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$234.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$93.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$346.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$69.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$46.77

Where Iowa 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

Iowa· 12th of 51

$5,614

$603 physician + $5,012 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.