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Widening A Narrowed Bile Duct

Utah 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?

$5,424

Typical total for the visit. In Utah, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,424 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $295 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,129 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$295$251 to $407
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,129$3,388 to $7,762

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,129 · 10th to 90th $513 to $8,913Professionalmedian $295 · 10th to 90th $224 to $513
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $5,129professional $295

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
$512.86
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$8,912.51
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$512.86
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,897.79
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$5,128.61
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$549.54
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$302.00
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,754.40
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$10,471.29
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$537.03
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$602.56
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$645.65
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$691.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$8,317.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$660.69
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
$169.82
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$257.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$104.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$389.05
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$77.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$51.29

Where Utah 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

Utah· 9th of 51

$5,424

$295 physician + $5,129 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.