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Bile Duct Exam With Biopsy Via Existing Drainage Tract

Missouri 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?

$4,062

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,062 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $347 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,715 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 $457
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,715$2,239 to $5,370

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,715 · 10th to 90th $447 to $7,943Professionalmedian $347 · 10th to 90th $257 to $813
$200.0$500.0$1.0K$2.0K$5.0K$10.0K$20.0Kfacility $3,715professional $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
$371.54
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$1,412.54
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$8,317.64
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$588.84
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$478.63
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$630.96
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$12,882.50
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$2,089.30
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$11,748.98
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$575.44

Where Missouri sits

The same service costs 22.3 times more in Wyoming than in West Virginia. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Physician feeFacility feeMissouri $4,062 · 25th of 50
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.