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Procedure price report · Cholecystectomy and common duct exploration

Bile duct scope exam during surgery

CPT 47550the billing code this page is about

A scope is passed into the bile ducts during another operation to look inside them; reported in addition to the main surgical procedure.

Hospitals typically charge $835 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 382 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $973. Most fall between $294 and $3,430 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
382
States
48
Filings dated
Jun 2024 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 23, 2026

Median: half of hospitals filed less, half more — and it is a price some hospital actually filed. Average of the middle 60%: the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain average, the lowest or the highest price: the extremes in hospital price files are chargemaster artefacts, not prices anyone pays.

What hospitals charge, from cheapest to most expensive

Cash price percentiles, outpatient, across 382 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$221$337$835$2,526$6,769

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 31× what the cheapest tenth charges ($221 vs $6,769).

How the prices are spread

$169 – $249: 23 hospitals$169$249 – $368: 72 hospitals$368 – $544: 52 hospitals$368$544 – $804: 21 hospitals$804 – $1,188: 67 hospitals$804$1,188 – $1,755: 21 hospitals$1,755 – $2,593: 20 hospitals$1,755$2,593 – $3,831: 14 hospitals$3,831 – $5,660: 23 hospitals$3,831$5,660 – $8,363: 40 hospitals$5,660median $835price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (353 of 382 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$169$24923
$249$36872
$368$54452
$544$80421
$804$1,18867
$1,188$1,75521
$1,755$2,59320
$2,593$3,83114
$3,831$5,66023
$5,660$8,36340

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $835.

Alaska: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWAIdaho: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMNIllinois: median $894 across 26 hospitalsIL$894Wisconsin: median $835 across 24 hospitalsWI$835Michigan: median $835 across 27 hospitalsMI$835New York: median $452 across 15 hospitalsNY$452Massachusetts: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: median $386 across 14 hospitalsOR$386Nevada: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $405 across 16 hospitalsIA$405Indiana: median $784 across 24 hospitalsIN$784Ohio: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureOHPennsylvania: median $4,646 across 21 hospitalsPA$4,646New Jersey: median $5,339 across 15 hospitalsNJ$5,339Connecticut: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceRICalifornia: median $485 across 15 hospitalsCA$485Utah: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: median $2,053 across 12 hospitalsCO$2,053Nebraska: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: median $337 across 13 hospitalsMO$337Kentucky: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: median $8,363 across 13 hospitalsVA$8,363Maryland: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTNNorth Carolina: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNCSouth Carolina: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceSCOklahoma: median $268 across 10 hospitalsOK$268Louisiana: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: median $996 across 10 hospitalsGA$996Hawaii: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $1,034 across 18 hospitalsTX$1,034Florida: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureFL
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $835. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Virginia VA13$8,363+901%$108 – $8,363
New Jersey NJ15$5,339+539%$3,986 – $6,311
Pennsylvania PA21$4,646+456%$1,360 – $7,502
Colorado CO12$2,053+146%$374 – $2,053
Texas TX18$1,034+24%$1,034 – $1,180
Georgia GA10$996+19%$996 – $996
Illinois IL26$894+7%$337 – $2,526
Michigan MI27$8350%$221 – $4,413
Wisconsin WI24$8350%$835 – $1,005
Indiana IN24$784−6%$337 – $1,392
California CA15$485−42%$191 – $1,548
New York NY15$452−46%$177 – $2,717
Iowa IA16$405−52%$405 – $1,127
Oregon OR14$386−54%$294 – $443
Missouri MO13$337−60%$263 – $7,780
Oklahoma OK10$268−68%$268 – $268
Ohio OH9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Washington WA8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Florida FL6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Minnesota MN5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Utah UT4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD1not enough hospitals filed a usable price

Hospitals like yours

The same distribution cut by the kind of hospital. Hospital type and ownership come from CMS; a hospital counts as part of a system when its price file is shared with at least one other hospital under the same brand. The national median is $835.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care297$835$294 – $4,881
Children’s6fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access78$467$313 – $1,036
Ownership
For-profit28$574$337 – $1,180
Government62$434$261 – $1,034
Non-profit291$860$294 – $4,664
System affiliation
Part of a system309$996$327 – $4,627
Independent73$386$253 – $937

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$962
Median cash price$835
Cash as a share of list, median hospital65%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 35%. The share is the median of each hospital’s own cash ÷ list ratio, over hospitals that filed both — not the ratio of the two medians above.

The same procedure, inpatient

273 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $835 and the average of the middle 60% is $988; most fall between $291 and $3,871.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 273 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$194$317$835$2,468$7,502

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 39× what the cheapest tenth charges ($194 vs $7,502).

Of the 316 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 273 gave a usable cash price; 24 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 19 a list price only.

How complete is this

382 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (10%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 455 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted382
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here47
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded1
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded0
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded25
Hospitals that filed this code455

Sections not shown for this setting

  • Against Medicare: Medicare has no separately payable national outpatient (OPPS) rate for this code, so there is nothing honest to compare against.
  • Since our last snapshot: there is no earlier snapshot at least 90 days older than this one yet.

We last checked these hospitals’ price files for changes between September 4, 2026 and September 23, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 23, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Related procedures

Part of the Cholecystectomy and common duct exploration family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Biliary Ndsc Intraoperative.

Method

Source
The machine-readable price files every U.S. hospital is required by CMS to publish, parsed per hospital. Nothing is surveyed, sampled or modelled.
What counts
One cash (self-pay) price per hospital for this code and setting. A hospital’s own filing can rule its number out — a placeholder, a “not applicable” note, a list price standing in for cash — and our plausibility checks can flag a price far below what every other hospital files. Both kinds are disclosed above and excluded from the statistics; on the compare tool a flagged price is still shown.
Statistics
Percentiles are discrete: each is a price some hospital filed. The average is the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain mean, the minimum or the maximum. A state needs 10 hospitals and a segment 20 to show a figure; otherwise the row shows its count and no number. Medicare is the national unadjusted OPPS rate where one exists.
Names
Procedure names on these pages are our own plain-language titles, not the AMA’s copyrighted CPT descriptors. The code is the identity.

The full rules — sources, statistics, thresholds, limitations — are on the methodology page.

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Cite: HospitalRates.com, “Bile duct scope exam during surgery (CPT 47550) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-47550-bile-duct-scope-exam-during-surgery