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Widening A Narrowed Bile Duct

North Dakota 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?

$2,612

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,612 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $617 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,995 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$617$468 to $724
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,995$331 to $3,020

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,995 · 10th to 90th $331 to $3,236Professionalmedian $617 · 10th to 90th $331 to $832
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $1,995professional $617

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$5,011.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$676.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$309.03
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$812.83
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
22 · Increased work
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$954.99
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$562.34
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$602.56
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$616.60
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$851.14
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$3,235.94
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$2,454.71
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$3,235.94
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$741.31
4 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
$208.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$83.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$61.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$41.69

Where North Dakota 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 Dakota· 41st of 51

$2,612

$617 physician + $1,995 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.