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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 October 2026.

How much does Bile Duct Exam With Biopsy Via Existing Drainage Tract cost?

$6,227

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,227 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $339 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,888 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$339$288 to $457
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,888$3,388 to $8,913

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,888 · 10th to 90th $891 to $13,183Professionalmedian $339 · 10th to 90th $251 to $2,089
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $5,888professional $339

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
$1,047.13
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$12,589.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$309.03
BCBS Oklahoma
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,073.80
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$10,471.29
BCBS Oklahoma
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$467.74
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$4,265.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$446.68
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$15,488.17
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$2,089.30
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$7,762.47
Typical High
$15,135.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$457.09
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
$134.90
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$151.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$60.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$229.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$45.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$30.20

Where Oklahoma 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

Oklahoma· 8th of 51

$6,227

$339 physician + $5,888 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.