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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 October 2026.

How much does Widening A Narrowed Bile Duct cost?

$5,261

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,261 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $363 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,898 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$363$324 to $407
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,898$1,514 to $7,943

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,898 · 10th to 90th $457 to $11,220Professionalmedian $363 · 10th to 90th $295 to $490
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $4,898professional $363

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
$371.54
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$10,000.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$371.54
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,677.35
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$7,244.36
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$426.58
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$389.05
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$8,128.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$549.54
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$549.54
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$676.08
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$602.56
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$630.96
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$10,232.93
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$602.56
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$17,378.01
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$602.56
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
$181.97
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$186.21
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$74.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$281.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$56.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$37.15

Where Virginia 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

Virginia· 10th of 51

$5,261

$363 physician + $4,898 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.