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Widening A Narrowed Bile Duct

Florida 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?

$2,932

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,932 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $302 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,630 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$302$245 to $355
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,630$1,514 to $5,623

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,630 · 10th to 90th $1,047 to $12,023Professionalmedian $302 · 10th to 90th $234 to $490
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $2,630professional $302

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
$645.65
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$11,481.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$371.54
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$9,772.37
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$407.38
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$7,585.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$489.78
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$16,982.44
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$436.52
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$645.65
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$10,000.00
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$524.81
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$234.42
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
$147.91
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$181.97
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$74.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$275.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$54.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$36.31

Where Florida 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

Florida· 35th of 51

$2,932

$302 physician + $2,630 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.