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Bile Duct Exam With Biopsy Via Existing Drainage Tract

New Jersey 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?

$7,388

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,388 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $309 to the doctor who performs it, and $7,079 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$309$269 to $437
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$7,079$5,888 to $10,000

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,079 · 10th to 90th $3,467 to $11,749Professionalmedian $309 · 10th to 90th $251 to $813
$200.0$500.0$1.0K$2.0K$5.0K$10.0K$20.0Kfacility $7,079professional $309

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
$3,467.37
Median
$6,918.31
Typical High
$10,964.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$5,888.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$741.31
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$501.19
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13,182.57
Median
$19,054.61
Typical High
$33,113.11
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$758.58
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,311.31
Median
$9,120.11
Typical High
$22,387.21
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$660.69

Where New Jersey sits

The same service costs 22.3 times more in Wyoming than in West Virginia. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Physician feeFacility feeNew Jersey $7,388 · 7th of 50
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.