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Bile Duct Exam With Biopsy Via Existing Drainage Tract

Oklahoma 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?

$4,769

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,769 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $302 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,467 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$302$275 to $363
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,467$1,445 to $6,918

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,467 · 10th to 90th $490 to $10,233Professionalmedian $302 · 10th to 90th $257 to $479
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,467professional $302

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
$1,000.00
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$6,760.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$436.52
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,801.89
Median
$5,754.40
Typical High
$9,772.37
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$467.74
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$537.03
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$11,481.54
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$2,089.30
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$14,125.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$489.78

Where Oklahoma sits

The same service costs 22.3 times more in Wyoming than in West Virginia. 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

Oklahoma· 19th of 50

$4,769

$302 physician + $4,467 facility

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.