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Widening A Narrowed Bile Duct

Illinois 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?

$5,807

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,807 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $437 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,370 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$437$339 to $513
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,370$2,291 to $8,128

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,370 · 10th to 90th $1,122 to $9,550Professionalmedian $437 · 10th to 90th $324 to $631
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $5,370professional $437

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
$588.84
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$346.74
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,981.07
Median
$7,762.47
Typical High
$10,000.00
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$588.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$9,549.93
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$575.44
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$2,041.74
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$457.09
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$10,000.00
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$676.08
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
$162.18
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$169.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$67.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$251.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$50.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$33.88

Where Illinois 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

Illinois· 8th of 51

$5,807

$437 physician + $5,370 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.