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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 July 2026.

How much does Widening A Narrowed Bile Duct cost?

$2,030

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,030 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $741 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,288 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$741$513 to $1,047
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,288$871 to $3,311

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,288 · 10th to 90th $389 to $10,471Professionalmedian $741 · 10th to 90th $355 to $1,175
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $1,288professional $741

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
$302.00
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$3,311.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$549.54
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$16,218.10
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,174.90
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$3,090.30
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,348.96
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$2,454.71
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,258.93
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$1,148.15
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$2,454.71
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$16,595.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,122.02

Where Minnesota 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

Minnesota· 36th of 50

$2,030

$741 physician + $1,288 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.