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Widening A Narrowed Bile Duct

Kansas 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?

$4,027

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,027 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $479 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,548 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$479$355 to $550
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,548$1,660 to $6,457

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,548 · 10th to 90th $447 to $8,511Professionalmedian $479 · 10th to 90th $331 to $646
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $3,548professional $479

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
$1,174.90
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$9,120.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$676.08
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$2,691.53
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$549.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$5,623.41
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$794.33
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$6,309.57
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$2,454.71
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$6,918.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$630.96

Where Kansas 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

Kansas· 24th of 50

$4,027

$479 physician + $3,548 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.