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Widening A Narrowed Bile Duct

Alaska rates for HCPCS 47555

This procedure uses a thin scope passed through an existing tube or tract into the bile duct system to stretch open a narrowed segment of a bile duct, without leaving a stent behind afterward. It is used when scarring or another cause has narrowed part of the bile duct, restricting the flow of bile. Because it works through a tract that is already in place, it does not require a new incision.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Widening A Narrowed Bile Duct cost?

$1,441

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,441 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $891 to the doctor who performs it, and $550 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$891$339 to $1,318
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$550$427 to $724

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $550 · 10th to 90th $339 to $1,862Professionalmedian $891 · 10th to 90th $324 to $1,905
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $550professional $891

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
$1,148.15
Median
$10,715.19
Typical High
$14,125.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$1,862.09
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$1,096.48
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$912.01
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$2,137.96
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$2,089.30
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$912.01
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$977.24
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13,182.57
Median
$13,182.57
Typical High
$13,182.57
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$1,513.56

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 19.1 times more in Wyoming than in West Virginia. 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

Alaska· 39th of 50

$1,441

$891 physician + $550 facility

WY $13,695WV $718

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.