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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 July 2026.

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

$4,048

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,048 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $417 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,631 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$417$295 to $490
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,631$1,950 to $6,918

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,631 · 10th to 90th $380 to $10,000Professionalmedian $417 · 10th to 90th $282 to $550
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $3,631professional $417

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
$1,174.90
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$9,120.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$562.34
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,677.35
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$4,677.35
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$489.78
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$4,897.79
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$660.69
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$11,748.98
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$2,089.30
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$11,748.98
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$537.03

Where Kansas 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

Kansas· 26th of 50

$4,048

$417 physician + $3,631 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.