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Widening A Narrowed Bile Duct

Massachusetts 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?

$3,507

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,507 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $417 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,090 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$417$339 to $661
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,090$1,778 to $4,365

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,090 · 10th to 90th $372 to $6,607Professionalmedian $417 · 10th to 90th $309 to $955
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20K$50Kfacility $3,090professional $417

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
$1,778.28
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$4,897.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$812.83
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$45,708.82
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$2,511.89
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$2,187.76
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$4,786.30
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$891.25
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$3,311.31
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$616.60
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$11,220.18
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$851.14
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$45,708.82
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$2,511.89
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$13,182.57
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$954.99

Where Massachusetts 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

Massachusetts· 29th of 50

$3,507

$417 physician + $3,090 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.