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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 October 2026.

How much does Widening A Narrowed Bile Duct cost?

$2,174

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,174 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $589 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,585 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$589$417 to $871
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,585$490 to $3,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,585 · 10th to 90th $372 to $6,607Professionalmedian $589 · 10th to 90th $363 to $2,512
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,585professional $589

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
$1,778.28
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$4,677.35
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$537.03
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$6,606.93
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$2,511.89
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$2,187.76
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$8,128.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$794.33
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$3,311.31
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$562.34
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$7,762.47
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,000.00
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$6,606.93
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$2,511.89
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$12,302.69
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$1,318.26
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$1,174.90
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$389.05
7 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
$181.97
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$239.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$97.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$363.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$72.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$48.98
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$251.19
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Q3 · Living kidney donor
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$295.12

Where Massachusetts 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

Massachusetts· 46th of 51

$2,174

$589 physician + $1,585 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.