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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 July 2026.

How much does Widening A Narrowed Bile Duct cost?

$4,494

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,494 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $513 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,981 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$513$347 to $724
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,981$832 to $6,761

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,981 · 10th to 90th $550 to $9,772Professionalmedian $513 · 10th to 90th $302 to $1,698
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,981professional $513

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
$933.25
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$1,698.24
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10,232.93
Median
$10,232.93
Typical High
$10,232.93
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$912.01
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,778.28
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$9,120.11
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$2,454.71
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$977.24
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10,232.93
Median
$10,232.93
Typical High
$10,232.93
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$891.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$8,511.38
Typical High
$16,982.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$977.24
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$741.31

Where Iowa 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

Iowa· 18th of 50

$4,494

$513 physician + $3,981 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.