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Bile Duct Exam With Biopsy Via Existing Drainage Tract

Louisiana 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?

$3,038

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,038 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $347 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,692 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$347$275 to $437
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,692$1,318 to $4,571

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,692 · 10th to 90th $759 to $6,607Professionalmedian $347 · 10th to 90th $263 to $562
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,692professional $347

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
$676.08
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$4,570.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$549.54
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,884.03
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$7,413.10
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$467.74
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$3,019.95
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$4,677.35
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$741.31
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$13,182.57
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$575.44

Where Louisiana 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

Louisiana· 32nd of 50

$3,038

$347 physician + $2,692 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.