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Widening A Narrowed Bile Duct

Iowa 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?

$4,510

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,510 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $708 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,802 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$708$562 to $794
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,802$1,096 to $7,079

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,802 · 10th to 90th $776 to $10,233Professionalmedian $708 · 10th to 90th $389 to $1,349
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $3,802professional $708

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
$602.56
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$7,244.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$549.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$8,317.64
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$912.01
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$1,513.56
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$9,549.93
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$2,454.71
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$891.25
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$8,317.64
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,000.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$16,982.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$954.99
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$741.31
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
$154.88
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$275.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$109.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$416.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$83.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$54.95

Where Iowa 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

Iowa· 16th of 51

$4,510

$708 physician + $3,802 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.