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Bile Duct Exam With Biopsy Via Existing Drainage Tract

New Mexico 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?

$4,289

Typical total for the visit. In New Mexico, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,289 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $398 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,890 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$398$331 to $447
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,890$1,698 to $6,026

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,890 · 10th to 90th $537 to $10,715Professionalmedian $398 · 10th to 90th $81 to $513
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $3,890professional $398

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
$295.12
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$8,709.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$407.38
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$5,495.41
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$512.86
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$398.11
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$5,623.41
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$537.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$16,982.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$575.44
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
$131.83
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$204.17
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$81.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$302.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$60.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$40.74

Where New Mexico 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

New Mexico· 26th of 51

$4,289

$398 physician + $3,890 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.