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Bile Duct Exam With Biopsy Via Existing Drainage Tract

Massachusetts 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?

$2,086

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,086 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $501 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,585 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$501$355 to $741
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,585$479 to $3,890

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,585 · 10th to 90th $309 to $7,079Professionalmedian $501 · 10th to 90th $302 to $2,138
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $1,585professional $501

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
$1,778.28
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$4,677.35
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$446.68
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$7,244.36
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$2,137.96
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$2,187.76
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$6,456.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$676.08
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$3,311.31
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$478.63
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$11,220.18
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$831.76
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$7,244.36
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$2,137.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$15,488.17
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$1,122.02
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$1,174.90
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$331.13
7 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
$151.36
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$204.17
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$81.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$309.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$61.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$40.74
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$208.93
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Q3 · Living kidney donor
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$275.42

Where Massachusetts 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

Massachusetts· 47th of 51

$2,086

$501 physician + $1,585 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.