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Bile Duct Exam With Biopsy Via Existing Drainage Tract

Virginia 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?

$5,672

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,672 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $302 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,370 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$302$269 to $347
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,370$1,950 to $10,233

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,370 · 10th to 90th $398 to $15,488Professionalmedian $302 · 10th to 90th $257 to $417
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $5,370professional $302

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
$346.74
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$10,000.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$346.74
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,677.35
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$7,244.36
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$354.81
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$338.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$6,309.57
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$467.74
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$489.78
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$562.34
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$575.44
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$630.96
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$10,715.19
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$501.19
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$10,000.00
Typical High
$25,118.86
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$512.86
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
$154.88
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$173.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$70.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$263.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$52.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$34.67

Where Virginia 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

Virginia· 11th of 51

$5,672

$302 physician + $5,370 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.