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Bile Duct Exam With Biopsy Via Existing Drainage Tract

Montana 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?

$863

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $863 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $427 to the doctor who performs it, and $437 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$427$288 to $447
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$437$427 to $501

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $437 · 10th to 90th $427 to $5,370Professionalmedian $427 · 10th to 90th $79 to $513
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $437professional $427

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
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$812.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$15,488.17
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$512.86
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$501.19
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$457.09
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$15,488.17
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$436.52
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$9,120.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$562.34
5 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
$138.04
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$407.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$162.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$616.60
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$123.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$81.28

Where Montana 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

Montana· 51st of 51

$863

$427 physician + $437 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.