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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 October 2026.

How much does Widening A Narrowed Bile Duct cost?

$3,015

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,015 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $617 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,399 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$617$513 to $933
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,399$1,349 to $5,754

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,399 · 10th to 90th $646 to $8,511Professionalmedian $617 · 10th to 90th $427 to $1,096
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,399professional $617

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
$323.59
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$8,317.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$398.11
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$3,090.30
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,096.48
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$5,754.40
Typical High
$8,511.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$691.83
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$741.31
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$3,630.78
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$602.56
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$501.19
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$12,022.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$630.96
7 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
$162.18
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$190.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$75.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$288.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$57.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$38.02
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,778.28
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$316.23

Where North Carolina 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

North Carolina· 33rd of 51

$3,015

$617 physician + $2,399 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.