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Widening A Narrowed Bile Duct

South Dakota 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?

$2,720

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,720 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $724 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,995 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$724$525 to $776
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,995$575 to $2,089

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,995 · 10th to 90th $457 to $3,311Professionalmedian $724 · 10th to 90th $398 to $912
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,995professional $724

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$331.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$3,311.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$912.01
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$2,398.83
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$2,454.71
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$776.25
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$5,754.40
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$691.83
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$630.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$2,398.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$912.01
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$776.25
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
$134.90
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$165.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$66.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$251.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$50.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$33.11

Where South Dakota 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 Dakota· 40th of 51

$2,720

$724 physician + $1,995 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.