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Bile Duct Exam With Biopsy Via Existing Drainage Tract

Pennsylvania 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?

$3,697

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,697 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $309 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,388 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$309$275 to $468
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,388$1,698 to $5,012

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,388 · 10th to 90th $631 to $7,244Professionalmedian $309 · 10th to 90th $263 to $603
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $3,388professional $309

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
$676.08
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$8,317.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$302.00
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,981.07
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$56,234.13
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$616.60
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$5,370.32
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$562.34
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$537.03
Geisinger
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$7,244.36
Geisinger
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$549.54
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$8,317.64
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$281.84
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$691.83
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$3,388.44
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$389.05
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$8,912.51
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$457.09
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
$128.82
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$141.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$56.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$213.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$42.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$28.18
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$141.25
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$56.23
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$213.80
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$42.66
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$28.18

Where Pennsylvania 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

Pennsylvania· 36th of 51

$3,697

$309 physician + $3,388 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.