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Bile Duct Exam With Biopsy Via Existing Drainage Tract

Mississippi 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?

$3,663

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,663 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $501 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,162 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$501$309 to $676
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,162$1,622 to $5,248

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,162 · 10th to 90th $813 to $9,333Professionalmedian $501 · 10th to 90th $263 to $813
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $3,162professional $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
$630.96
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,995.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$812.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$407.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$162.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$602.56
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$120.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$81.28
BCBS Mississippi
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$1,778.28
BCBS Mississippi
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$676.08
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$6,456.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$537.03
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$11,481.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$776.25

Where Mississippi 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

Mississippi· 37th of 51

$3,663

$501 physician + $3,162 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.