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Bile Duct Exam With Biopsy Via Existing Drainage Tract

Nevada 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?

$3,063

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,063 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $309 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,754 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$309$275 to $363
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,754$2,239 to $5,495

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,754 · 10th to 90th $288 to $7,762Professionalmedian $309 · 10th to 90th $257 to $468
$10.0$100.0$1.0K$10.0Kfacility $2,754professional $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
$288.40
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$5,888.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$436.52
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,466.84
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$7,762.47
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$602.56
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,677.35
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$4,677.35
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$524.81
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.55
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$416.87
Hometown Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,548.13
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$3,548.13
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$371.54
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$245.47
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$478.63
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$11,481.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$549.54

Where Nevada 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 feeNevada $3,063 · 31st 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.