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Bile Duct Exam With Biopsy Via Existing Drainage Tract

Rhode Island 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?

$6,126

Typical total for the visit. In Rhode Island, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,126 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $372 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,754 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$372$324 to $407
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,754$3,715 to $9,120

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,754 · 10th to 90th $1,445 to $13,490Professionalmedian $372 · 10th to 90th $288 to $447
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $5,754professional $372

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
$2,398.83
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$3,981.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$407.38
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$537.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$5,888.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$676.08
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$14,454.40
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$575.44

Where Rhode Island 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

Rhode Island· 10th of 50

$6,126

$372 physician + $5,754 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.