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Widening A Narrowed Bile Duct

North Carolina 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?

$1,138

Typical total for the visit. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,138 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $575 to the doctor who performs it, and $562 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$575$427 to $871
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$562$389 to $1,230

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $562 · 10th to 90th $324 to $6,761Professionalmedian $575 · 10th to 90th $339 to $1,000
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $562professional $575

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
$323.59
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$8,317.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$707.95
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$1,000.00
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$4,168.69
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$891.25
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$676.08
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$724.44
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$831.76
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$501.19
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$14,454.40
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$691.83
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23,988.33
Median
$23,988.33
Typical High
$45,708.82
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$2,691.53

Where North Carolina 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

North Carolina· 44th of 50

$1,138

$575 physician + $562 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.