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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 July 2026.

How much does Widening A Narrowed Bile Duct cost?

$1,470

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,470 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $398 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,072 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$398$324 to $457
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,072$490 to $11,220

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,072 · 10th to 90th $398 to $20,417Professionalmedian $398 · 10th to 90th $324 to $676
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $1,072professional $398

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
$398.11
Median
$11,748.98
Typical High
$22,908.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$549.54
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$12,882.50
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$812.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$3,467.37
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$870.96
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$676.08
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$758.58
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$12,302.69
Typical High
$23,988.33
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$758.58

Where South Carolina 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

South Carolina· 38th of 50

$1,470

$398 physician + $1,072 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.