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Removing Bile Duct Stones Through a Skin Tract

Washington rates for HCPCS 47554

A thin scope is passed through an existing tube tract in the skin into the bile ducts, so the inside of the ducts can be seen directly. Stones blocking the duct are then captured and removed through that route. It is used when stones remain after gallbladder surgery or cannot be reached from the stomach side.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Removing Bile Duct Stones Through a Skin Tract cost?

$1,122

Typical facility fee. In Washington, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,122 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $813 to $10,471.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,122 · 10th to 90th $646 to $22,387
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20K$50Kfacility $1,122

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
$758.58
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$18,620.87
Asuris Northwest Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11,220.18
Median
$31,622.78
Typical High
$56,234.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$13,803.84
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$13,182.57
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,000.00
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$5,128.61
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19,054.61
Median
$29,512.09
Typical High
$56,234.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$30,199.52
Typical High
$58,884.37

Where Washington sits

The same service costs 43.7 times more in Wyoming than in North Dakota. 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.

Washington· 36th of 50

$1,122

WY $21,878ND $501

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.