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Widening A Narrowed Bile Duct

Connecticut 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?

$6,769

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,769 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $603 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$603$501 to $724
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$6,166$3,236 to $9,120

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,166 · 10th to 90th $871 to $11,749Professionalmedian $603 · 10th to 90th $324 to $851
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $6,166professional $603

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
$3,801.89
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$537.03
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$8,912.51
Typical High
$13,489.63
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$851.14
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$8,709.64
Typical High
$10,964.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$831.76
ConnectiCare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$831.76
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$616.60
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$9,772.37
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$1,122.02
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
$165.96
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$269.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$107.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$398.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$79.43
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$53.70

Where Connecticut 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

Connecticut· 3rd of 51

$6,769

$603 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.