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Widening A Narrowed Bile Duct

Minnesota 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?

$1,717

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,717 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $646 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,072 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$646$513 to $912
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,072$575 to $3,020

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,072 · 10th to 90th $302 to $6,918Professionalmedian $646 · 10th to 90th $331 to $1,202
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $1,072professional $646

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
$302.00
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$302.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$416.87
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$5,754.40
Typical High
$13,489.63
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,023.29
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,548.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,258.93
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,288.25
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,148.15
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$7,762.47
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$2,454.71
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$10,000.00
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,202.26
10 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$151.36
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$60.26
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$223.87
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$44.67
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$30.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$199.53
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$79.43
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$302.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$60.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$39.81

Where Minnesota 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

Minnesota· 49th of 51

$1,717

$646 physician + $1,072 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.