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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 July 2026.

How much does Widening A Narrowed Bile Duct cost?

$6,004

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,004 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $380 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,623 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$380$324 to $490
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,623$708 to $9,550

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,623 · 10th to 90th $398 to $12,882Professionalmedian $380 · 10th to 90th $316 to $676
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $5,623professional $380

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
$1,862.09
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$8,912.51
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$562.34
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,786.30
Median
$9,549.93
Typical High
$15,135.61
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$660.69
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$660.69
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$724.44
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$1,862.09
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$630.96
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$501.19
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$15,135.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$758.58

Where Colorado 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

Colorado· 9th of 50

$6,004

$380 physician + $5,623 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.