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Bile Duct Exam With Biopsy Via Existing Drainage Tract

South Dakota 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?

$3,853

Typical total for the visit. In South Dakota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,853 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $617 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,236 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$617$437 to $724
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,236$479 to $3,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,236 · 10th to 90th $380 to $3,890Professionalmedian $617 · 10th to 90th $339 to $776
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $3,236professional $617

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$281.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$3,801.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$776.25
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$3,890.45
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$2,089.30
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$724.44
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$4,570.88
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$575.44
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$537.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$3,890.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$776.25
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$645.65
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
$114.82
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$138.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$56.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$208.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$41.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$27.54

Where South Dakota 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

South Dakota· 32nd of 51

$3,853

$617 physician + $3,236 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.