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Widening A Narrowed Bile Duct

Pennsylvania 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?

$4,437

Typical total for the visit. In Pennsylvania, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,437 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $363 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,074 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$363$324 to $427
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,074$1,738 to $6,310

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,074 · 10th to 90th $661 to $8,318Professionalmedian $363 · 10th to 90th $302 to $631
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,074professional $363

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
$588.84
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$8,317.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$537.03
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,456.54
Median
$7,585.78
Typical High
$57,543.99
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$501.19
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$6,025.60
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$724.44
Emblem Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$676.08
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$630.96
Geisinger
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,677.35
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$7,585.78
Geisinger
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$616.60
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$8,317.64
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$1,659.59
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$794.33
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$3,388.44
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$331.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$19,054.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$645.65

Where Pennsylvania 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

Pennsylvania· 19th of 50

$4,437

$363 physician + $4,074 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.