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Bile Duct Exam With Biopsy Via Existing Drainage Tract

Ohio 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?

$3,414

Typical total for the visit. In Ohio, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,414 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $324 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,090 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$324$275 to $372
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,090$1,072 to $5,888

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,090 · 10th to 90th $676 to $10,233Professionalmedian $324 · 10th to 90th $245 to $468
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,090professional $324

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
$851.14
Median
$5,754.40
Typical High
$12,022.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$1,148.15
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$7,585.78
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$478.63
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$3,981.07
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$331.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$5,370.32
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$575.44
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$5,128.61
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$575.44
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$426.58
SummaCare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$2,089.30
SummaCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$309.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$11,748.98
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$489.78
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
$138.04
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$177.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$72.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$269.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$53.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$36.31

Where Ohio 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

Ohio· 39th of 51

$3,414

$324 physician + $3,090 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.