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Bile Duct Exam With Biopsy Via Existing Drainage Tract

Kansas 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?

$5,124

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,124 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $447 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,677 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$447$339 to $589
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,677$2,239 to $6,310

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,677 · 10th to 90th $813 to $15,488Professionalmedian $447 · 10th to 90th $288 to $2,089
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $4,677professional $447

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
$1,174.90
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$8,912.51
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$467.74
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,677.35
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$4,677.35
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$489.78
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$4,897.79
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$588.84
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$26,302.68
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$2,089.30
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$12,302.69
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$512.86
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
$144.54
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$234.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$93.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$346.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$69.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$46.77

Where Kansas 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

Kansas· 16th of 51

$5,124

$447 physician + $4,677 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.