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Widening A Narrowed Bile Duct

Virginia 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?

$974

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $974 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $372 to the doctor who performs it, and $603 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$372$339 to $490
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$603$427 to $5,129

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $603 · 10th to 90th $363 to $7,943Professionalmedian $372 · 10th to 90th $309 to $676
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $603professional $372

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
$371.54
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$8,912.51
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$676.08
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,888.44
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$7,413.10
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$630.96
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$2,187.76
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$2,818.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$660.69
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$676.08
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$741.31
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$741.31
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$891.25
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$1,819.70
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$1,819.70
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$17,378.01
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$660.69

Where Virginia 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

Virginia· 47th of 50

$974

$372 physician + $603 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.