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Widening A Narrowed Bile Duct

Nebraska 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?

$5,024

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,024 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $759 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,266 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$759$617 to $891
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,266$1,862 to $7,943

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,266 · 10th to 90th $1,148 to $11,482Professionalmedian $759 · 10th to 90th $479 to $2,455
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $4,266professional $759

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
$4,365.16
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$17,378.01
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$1,445.44
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7,762.47
Median
$10,471.29
Typical High
$20,892.96
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$3,715.35
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$7,413.10
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$912.01
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$12,022.64
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$2,454.71
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,023.29
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$7,943.28
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,023.29
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$7,943.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$891.25
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
$151.36
Typical High
$181.97
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$74.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$275.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$54.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$36.31

Where Nebraska 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

Nebraska· 12th of 51

$5,024

$759 physician + $4,266 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.