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Widening A Narrowed Bile Duct

Tennessee 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?

$4,011

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,011 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $380 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,631 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$380$331 to $490
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,631$2,089 to $6,457

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,631 · 10th to 90th $933 to $9,550Professionalmedian $380 · 10th to 90th $316 to $676
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20K$50Kfacility $3,631professional $380

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
$707.95
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$6,456.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$588.84
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$9,772.37
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$831.76
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$4,786.30
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$741.31
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23,988.33
Median
$23,988.33
Typical High
$45,708.82
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$2,691.53
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$7,585.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$707.95

Where Tennessee 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

Tennessee· 25th of 50

$4,011

$380 physician + $3,631 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.