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Bile Duct Exam With Biopsy Via Existing Drainage Tract

Utah 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?

$6,252

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,252 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $363 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,888 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$363$295 to $479
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,888$3,388 to $7,943

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,888 · 10th to 90th $437 to $10,233Professionalmedian $363 · 10th to 90th $275 to $813
$50.0$200.0$1.0K$5.0Kfacility $5,888professional $363

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
$436.52
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$870.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$602.56
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$208.93
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8,912.51
Median
$12,882.50
Typical High
$18,197.01
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$602.56
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$512.86
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$537.03
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$512.86
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$15,135.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$549.54

Where Utah 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 feeUtah $6,252 · 9th 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.