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Widening A Narrowed Bile Duct

Arkansas 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?

$4,038

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,038 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $407 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,631 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$407$355 to $468
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,631$1,514 to $3,631

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,631 · 10th to 90th $977 to $4,898Professionalmedian $407 · 10th to 90th $324 to $575
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,631professional $407

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
$407.38
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$2,454.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$407.38
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$4,897.79
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$467.74
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$4,570.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$645.65
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$5,623.41
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$660.69
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
$162.18
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$204.17
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$81.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$309.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$61.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$40.74

Where Arkansas 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

Arkansas· 23rd of 51

$4,038

$407 physician + $3,631 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.