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Widening A Narrowed Bile Duct

Colorado 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?

$6,914

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,914 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $457 to the doctor who performs it, and $6,457 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$457$389 to $562
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$6,457$3,548 to $8,913

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,457 · 10th to 90th $1,820 to $12,589Professionalmedian $457 · 10th to 90th $324 to $661
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $6,457professional $457

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
$1,778.28
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$10,964.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$489.78
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,897.79
Median
$7,585.78
Typical High
$13,182.57
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$676.08
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$8,128.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$616.60
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$741.31
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$660.69
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$7,079.46
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$549.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$11,220.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$457.09
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
$162.18
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$208.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$83.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$309.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$61.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$41.69

Where Colorado 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

Colorado· 2nd of 51

$6,914

$457 physician + $6,457 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.