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Widening A Narrowed Bile Duct

Missouri 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?

$4,205

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,205 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $490 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,715 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$490$372 to $575
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,715$2,042 to $5,495

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,715 · 10th to 90th $1,096 to $10,471Professionalmedian $490 · 10th to 90th $324 to $2,455
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $3,715professional $490

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
$1,412.54
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$371.54
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$7,079.46
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$602.56
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$489.78
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$6,165.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$691.83
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$26,302.68
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$2,454.71
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$6,918.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$794.33
5 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
$151.36
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$181.97
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$74.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$275.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$54.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$37.15

Where Missouri 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

Missouri· 20th of 51

$4,205

$490 physician + $3,715 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.