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Bile Duct Exam With Biopsy Via Existing Drainage Tract

Idaho 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?

$4,682

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,682 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $513 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,169 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$513$417 to $537
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,169$2,818 to $6,166

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,169 · 10th to 90th $1,175 to $14,454Professionalmedian $513 · 10th to 90th $339 to $813
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $4,169professional $513

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
$2,884.03
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$812.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$616.60
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$123.03
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$16,982.44
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$562.34
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$501.19
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$56.23
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,715.35
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$5,623.41
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$467.74
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$5,495.41
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$812.83
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$616.60
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$123.03
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$501.19
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$537.03
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$380.19
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7,585.78
Median
$14,454.40
Typical High
$24,547.09
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$549.54
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$5,370.32
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$524.81
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$630.96
12 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
$169.82
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$407.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$162.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$81.28
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
63 · Small infant
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$660.69
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$389.05
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$407.38
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$162.18
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$81.28
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
22 · Increased work
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$588.84
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$53.70
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
63 · Small infant
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$588.84
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$407.38

Where Idaho 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

Idaho· 21st of 51

$4,682

$513 physician + $4,169 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.