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Bile Duct Exam With Biopsy Via Existing Drainage Tract

North Dakota 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?

$3,749

Typical total for the visit. In North Dakota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,749 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $513 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,236 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$513$398 to $603
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,236$282 to $4,898

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,236 · 10th to 90th $282 to $5,495Professionalmedian $513 · 10th to 90th $282 to $676
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $3,236professional $513

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$5,011.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$346.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$263.03
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$676.08
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
22 · Increased work
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$812.83
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$467.74
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$501.19
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$524.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$707.95
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$5,495.41
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$2,089.30
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$5,495.41
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$616.60
4 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
$125.89
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$173.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$69.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$52.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$34.67

Where North Dakota 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

North Dakota· 34th of 51

$3,749

$513 physician + $3,236 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.