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Bile Duct Exam With Biopsy Via Existing Drainage Tract

Minnesota 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?

$1,713

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,713 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $617 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,096 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$617$437 to $871
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,096$741 to $3,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,096 · 10th to 90th $324 to $18,197Professionalmedian $617 · 10th to 90th $302 to $1,000
$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $1,096professional $617

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
$251.19
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$2,290.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$467.74
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$11,220.18
Typical High
$28,183.83
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,000.00
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$2,570.40
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,148.15
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$2,041.74
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,047.13
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$977.24
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$2,089.30
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$16,595.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$933.25

Where Minnesota 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

Minnesota· 37th of 50

$1,713

$617 physician + $1,096 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.