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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 July 2026.

How much does Widening A Narrowed Bile Duct cost?

$2,536

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,536 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $398 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,138 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$398$331 to $562
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,138$1,230 to $5,370

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,138 · 10th to 90th $617 to $9,333Professionalmedian $398 · 10th to 90th $309 to $832
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $2,138professional $398

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
$616.60
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$676.08
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$8,317.64
Typical High
$11,220.18
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$588.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$4,168.69
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$758.58
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$2,290.87
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$457.09
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$426.58
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$9,772.37
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$741.31

Where Illinois 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

Illinois· 33rd of 50

$2,536

$398 physician + $2,138 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.