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Bile Duct Scope With Widening And Stent

Alabama rates for HCPCS 47556

A thin scope is passed through an existing drainage tract or tube into the bile ducts, and a narrowed section is stretched open with a balloon or dilator. A small tube called a stent is then left in place to hold the duct open. A narrowed bile duct blocks bile draining from the liver and can cause yellowing of the skin, pain, or infection.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Bile Duct Scope With Widening And Stent cost?

$468

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $468 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $417 from a physician practice, and about $5,495 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$417$372 to $617
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5,495$1,413 to $7,244

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,495 · 10th to 90th $955 to $8,710Professionalmedian $417 · 10th to 90th $339 to $759
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $5,495professional $417

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
$794.33
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$2,398.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$758.58
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,888.44
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$9,549.93
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$630.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$851.14
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$10,232.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$794.33

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 3.3 times more in California than in Maryland. 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.

Alabama· 30th of 51

$468

CA $1,349MD $407

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.