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Bile Duct Exam With Biopsy Via Existing Drainage Tract

New Hampshire 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?

$4,238

Typical total for the visit. In New Hampshire, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,238 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $437 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,802 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$437$331 to $562
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,802$1,288 to $6,310

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,802 · 10th to 90th $355 to $11,482Professionalmedian $437 · 10th to 90th $275 to $676
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,802professional $437

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
$100.00
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$11,481.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$446.68
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,467.37
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$6,309.57
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$794.33
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$2,089.30
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$758.58
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$12,302.69
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$660.69
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$12,302.69
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$891.25
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$380.19

Where New Hampshire 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

New Hampshire· 24th of 50

$4,238

$437 physician + $3,802 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.