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Bile Duct Exam With Biopsy Via Existing Drainage Tract

New York 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?

$4,554

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,554 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $288 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,266 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$288$245 to $339
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,266$2,138 to $7,413

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,266 · 10th to 90th $1,122 to $10,965Professionalmedian $288 · 10th to 90th $214 to $407
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,266professional $288

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

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$9,120.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$346.74
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$10,964.78
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$380.19
CDPHP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$8,912.51
CDPHP
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$389.05
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$10,964.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$562.34
Emblem Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$1,023.29
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$501.19
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$407.38
MVP Health Care
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$8,511.38
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$416.87
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$13,803.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$398.11
Univera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$1,445.44
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$371.54
6 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
$144.54
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$173.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$69.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$263.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$52.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$34.67
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$275.42

Where New York 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 York· 23rd of 51

$4,554

$288 physician + $4,266 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.