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Widening A Narrowed Bile Duct

Michigan 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?

$5,261

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,261 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $363 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,898 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$363$324 to $427
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,898$4,074 to $5,129

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,898 · 10th to 90th $427 to $6,918Professionalmedian $363 · 10th to 90th $302 to $490
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,898professional $363

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
$426.58
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$5,754.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$426.58
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$288.40
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$467.74
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$891.25
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$4,897.79
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$537.03
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,819.70
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$6,606.93
Typical High
$15,135.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$645.65

Where Michigan 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

Michigan· 11th of 50

$5,261

$363 physician + $4,898 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.