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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 October 2026.

How much does Widening A Narrowed Bile Duct cost?

$6,726

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,726 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,230 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,495 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$1,230$513 to $1,318
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,495$3,715 to $10,471

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,495 · 10th to 90th $2,570 to $14,125Professionalmedian $1,230 · 10th to 90th $331 to $1,862
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $5,495professional $1,230

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$10,964.78
Typical High
$16,595.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$1,862.09
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6,606.93
Median
$10,964.78
Typical High
$33,884.42
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$977.24
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$2,691.53
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,905.46
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,388.44
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$5,495.41
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,318.26
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$10,471.29
Typical High
$20,417.38
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$977.24
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$10,471.29
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$2,187.76
10 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
$162.18
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$933.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$371.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,412.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$281.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$186.21
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$933.25
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$371.54
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,412.54
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$281.84
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$186.21

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 7.2 times more in Wisconsin 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

Alaska· 4th of 51

$6,726

$1,230 physician + $5,495 facility

WI $7,422MT $1,038

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.