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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 July 2026.

How much does Widening A Narrowed Bile Duct cost?

$2,183

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,183 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $363 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,820 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$363$331 to $427
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,820$1,230 to $3,631

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,820 · 10th to 90th $562 to $4,365Professionalmedian $363 · 10th to 90th $302 to $562
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,820professional $363

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
$512.86
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,995.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$549.54
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,630.78
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$4,897.79
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$467.74
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$3,090.30
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$676.08
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$11,481.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$645.65

Where Arkansas 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

Arkansas· 35th of 50

$2,183

$363 physician + $1,820 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.