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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 July 2026.

How much does Bile Duct Exam With Biopsy Via Existing Drainage Tract cost?

$905

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $905 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $427 to the doctor who performs it, and $479 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$282 to $501
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$479$457 to $537

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $479 · 10th to 90th $355 to $692Professionalmedian $427 · 10th to 90th $257 to $708
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $479professional $427

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$1,412.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$426.58
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$891.25
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$645.65
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$645.65
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$741.31
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$724.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$13,182.57
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$602.56

Where Montana 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

Montana· 45th of 50

$905

$427 physician + $479 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.