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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 July 2026.

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

$1,029

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,029 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $398 to the doctor who performs it, and $631 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$398$302 to $525
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$631$427 to $4,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $631 · 10th to 90th $324 to $12,303Professionalmedian $398 · 10th to 90th $275 to $661
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $631professional $398

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
$2,884.03
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$812.83
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$16,982.44
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$549.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$562.34
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$812.83
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$549.54
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$234.42
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8,511.38
Median
$14,454.40
Typical High
$24,547.09
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$630.96
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$10,000.00
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$524.81
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11,748.98
Median
$26,915.35
Typical High
$29,512.09
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$616.60

Where Idaho 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

Idaho· 43rd of 50

$1,029

$398 physician + $631 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.