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Widening A Narrowed Bile Duct

Ohio 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?

$3,445

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,445 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $355 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,090 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$355$324 to $417
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,090$1,072 to $5,888

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,090 · 10th to 90th $661 to $9,333Professionalmedian $355 · 10th to 90th $282 to $537
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,090professional $355

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
$1,698.24
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$12,589.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$1,659.59
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$7,585.78
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$512.86
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,691.53
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$389.05
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$6,456.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$691.83
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$6,309.57
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$676.08
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$478.63
SummaCare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$2,630.27
SummaCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$371.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$7,413.10
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$575.44
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
$162.18
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$213.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$85.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$316.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$64.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$42.66

Where Ohio 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

Ohio· 27th of 51

$3,445

$355 physician + $3,090 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.