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Bile Duct Exam With Biopsy Via Existing Drainage Tract

Kentucky 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?

$2,917

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,917 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $347 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,570 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$347$288 to $437
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,570$1,148 to $4,169

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,570 · 10th to 90th $417 to $8,318Professionalmedian $347 · 10th to 90th $263 to $513
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $2,570professional $347

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
$275.42
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$2,630.27
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$346.74
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$8,511.38
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$512.86
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$5,370.32
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$416.87
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$3,981.07
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$2,137.96
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$7,943.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$416.87
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
$138.04
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$173.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$69.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$257.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$52.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$34.67

Where Kentucky 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

Kentucky· 46th of 51

$2,917

$347 physician + $2,570 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.