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Widening A Narrowed Bile Duct

South Carolina 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?

$3,589

Typical total for the visit. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,589 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $427 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,162 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$427$347 to $525
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,162$1,202 to $8,318

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,162 · 10th to 90th $776 to $13,183Professionalmedian $427 · 10th to 90th $295 to $575
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $3,162professional $427

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
$398.11
Median
$10,000.00
Typical High
$21,877.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$398.11
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$12,589.25
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$537.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$6,456.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$562.34
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$741.31
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,698.24
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$562.34
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$575.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$19,498.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$707.95
6 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
$194.98
Typical High
$194.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$79.43
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$295.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$58.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$302.00

Where South Carolina 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

South Carolina· 26th of 51

$3,589

$427 physician + $3,162 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.