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Widening A Narrowed Bile Duct

Rhode Island 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?

$4,418

Typical total for the visit. In Rhode Island, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,418 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $437 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,981 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$437$372 to $490
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,981$3,162 to $5,370

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,981 · 10th to 90th $1,096 to $10,000Professionalmedian $437 · 10th to 90th $339 to $537
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,981professional $437

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
$2,398.83
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$3,981.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$489.78
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$645.65
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$3,981.07
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$758.58
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$12,022.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$676.08

Where Rhode Island 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

Rhode Island· 21st of 50

$4,418

$437 physician + $3,981 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.