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Bile Duct Exam With Biopsy Via Existing Drainage Tract

Oregon 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?

$1,088

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,088 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $513 to the doctor who performs it, and $575 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$513$407 to $589
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$575$513 to $4,677

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $575 · 10th to 90th $407 to $9,550Professionalmedian $513 · 10th to 90th $282 to $759
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $575professional $513

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
$5,128.61
Median
$9,549.93
Typical High
$17,378.01
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$407.38
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$8,709.64
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$741.31
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$630.96
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$6,918.31
Typical High
$17,378.01
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$691.83
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$602.56
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$8,709.64
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$794.33
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9,332.54
Median
$13,803.84
Typical High
$26,302.68
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$724.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$25,118.86
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$851.14
10 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
$169.82
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$204.17
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$81.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$309.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$61.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$40.74
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$204.17
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$81.28
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$309.03
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$61.66
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$40.74

Where Oregon 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

Oregon· 50th of 51

$1,088

$513 physician + $575 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.