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Bile Duct Exam With Biopsy Via Existing Drainage Tract

Tennessee 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?

$4,405

Typical total for the visit. In Tennessee, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,405 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $331 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,074 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$331$275 to $417
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,074$2,089 to $7,586

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,074 · 10th to 90th $933 to $10,715Professionalmedian $331 · 10th to 90th $263 to $562
$1.0$10.0$100.0$1.0K$10.0Kfacility $4,074professional $331

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
$707.95
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$6,456.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$501.19
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$9,772.37
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$691.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$6,760.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$630.96
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19,054.61
Median
$19,054.61
Typical High
$45,708.82
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$2,290.87
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,019.95
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$12,022.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$602.56

Where Tennessee sits

The same service costs 22.3 times more in Wyoming than in West Virginia. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Physician feeFacility feeTennessee $4,405 · 23rd of 50
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.