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Widening A Narrowed Bile Duct

Alabama 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?

$6,583

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,583 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $417 to the doctor who performs it, and $6,166 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$417$363 to $676
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$6,166$2,570 to $6,310

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,166 · 10th to 90th $1,122 to $6,310Professionalmedian $417 · 10th to 90th $295 to $676
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $6,166professional $417

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
$776.25
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,398.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$676.08
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6,165.95
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$6,309.57
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Professional
Modifier
21 + 22 · Increased work + 24 · Unrelated visit after surgery
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$549.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$5,011.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$512.86
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$5,370.32
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$691.83
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
$338.84
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$338.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$134.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$501.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$102.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$67.61

Where Alabama 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

Alabama· 5th of 51

$6,583

$417 physician + $6,166 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.