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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 October 2026.

How much does Bile Duct Exam With Biopsy Via Existing Drainage Tract cost?

$6,017

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,017 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $263 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$263$224 to $355
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,754$3,802 to $11,749

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,754 · 10th to 90th $437 to $15,136Professionalmedian $263 · 10th to 90th $200 to $427
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $5,754professional $263

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
$436.52
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$8,912.51
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$436.52
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,801.89
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$4,073.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$467.74
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$269.15
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10,232.93
Median
$13,489.63
Typical High
$16,218.10
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$457.09
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$512.86
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$537.03
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$575.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$15,848.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$562.34
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
$144.54
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$218.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$87.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$323.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$66.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$43.65

Where Utah 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

Utah· 9th of 51

$6,017

$263 physician + $5,754 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.