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Bile Duct Exam With Biopsy Via Existing Drainage Tract

Illinois 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?

$5,858

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,858 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $363 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,495 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$363$282 to $437
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,495$3,090 to $7,413

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,495 · 10th to 90th $1,230 to $10,000Professionalmedian $363 · 10th to 90th $269 to $525
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $5,495professional $363

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
$588.84
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$288.40
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,388.44
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$9,332.54
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$489.78
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$7,585.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$489.78
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$1,412.54
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$380.19
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$15,488.17
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$562.34
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
$138.04
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$141.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$56.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$213.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$42.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$28.18

Where Illinois 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

Illinois· 10th of 51

$5,858

$363 physician + $5,495 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.