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Bile Duct Exam With Biopsy Via Existing Drainage Tract

Indiana 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?

$10,542

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10,542 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $309 to the doctor who performs it, and $10,233 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$309$275 to $417
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$10,233$5,012 to $15,136

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $10,233 · 10th to 90th $1,047 to $17,783Professionalmedian $309 · 10th to 90th $263 to $562
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $10,233professional $309

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
$302.00
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$11,220.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$446.68
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,715.35
Median
$11,481.54
Typical High
$18,620.87
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$676.08
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$316.23
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$245.47
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$707.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$660.69
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,548.13
Median
$10,715.19
Typical High
$17,782.79
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$549.54

Where Indiana 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

Indiana· 2nd of 50

$10,542

$309 physician + $10,233 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.