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Bile duct scope exam through a tube tract with biopsy

CPT 47553the billing code this page is about

A scope is passed through a T-tube tract or other established opening to inspect the bile ducts and take tissue samples; billed once whether one or several samples are taken.

Hospitals typically charge $4,160 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 710 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $4,427. Most fall between $1,852 and $8,081 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
710
States
48
Filings dated
Jun 2024 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 24, 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 710 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
$713$2,164$4,160$7,384$11,787

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 17× what the cheapest tenth charges ($713 vs $11,787).

How the prices are spread

$460 – $661: 35 hospitals$460$661 – $950: 22 hospitals$950 – $1,365: 15 hospitals$950$1,365 – $1,962: 50 hospitals$1,962 – $2,821: 107 hospitals$1,962$2,821 – $4,054: 89 hospitals$4,054 – $5,827: 93 hospitals$4,054$5,827 – $8,374: 137 hospitals$8,374 – $12,036: 62 hospitals$8,374$12,036 – $17,299: 36 hospitals$12,036median $4,160price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (646 of 710 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$460$66135
$661$95022
$950$1,36515
$1,365$1,96250
$1,962$2,821107
$2,821$4,05489
$4,054$5,82793
$5,827$8,374137
$8,374$12,03662
$12,036$17,29936

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$6,614
Median cash price$4,160
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.63×

The Medicare figure is the national unadjusted OPPS rate for this code — what Medicare itself pays a hospital before local wage adjustment. It is a benchmark, not a price anyone is charged.

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $4,160.

Alaska: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $6,924 across 17 hospitalsWA$6,924Idaho: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMNIllinois: median $3,865 across 38 hospitalsIL$3,865Wisconsin: median $4,495 across 18 hospitalsWI$4,495Michigan: median $8,902 across 15 hospitalsMI$8,902New York: median $7,384 across 30 hospitalsNY$7,384Massachusetts: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: median $4,038 across 14 hospitalsOR$4,038Nevada: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $713 across 14 hospitalsIA$713Indiana: median $2,160 across 27 hospitalsIN$2,160Ohio: median $7,301 across 55 hospitalsOH$7,301Pennsylvania: median $6,955 across 34 hospitalsPA$6,955New Jersey: median $6,311 across 33 hospitalsNJ$6,311Connecticut: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $5,361 across 48 hospitalsCA$5,361Utah: median $1,852 across 23 hospitalsUT$1,852Colorado: median $3,688 across 14 hospitalsCO$3,688Nebraska: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: median $2,109 across 12 hospitalsMO$2,109Kentucky: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: median $2,746 across 19 hospitalsVA$2,746Maryland: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMDDelaware: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceDEArizona: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTNNorth Carolina: median $3,168 across 23 hospitalsNC$3,168South Carolina: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $460 across 16 hospitalsOK$460Louisiana: median $1,848 across 10 hospitalsLA$1,848Mississippi: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: median $2,579 across 35 hospitalsGA$2,579Hawaii: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $3,152 across 72 hospitalsTX$3,152Florida: median $6,076 across 48 hospitalsFL$6,076
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $4,160. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Michigan MI15$8,902+114%$1,609 – $17,299
New York NY30$7,384+77%$6,614 – $8,649
Ohio OH55$7,301+75%$3,974 – $18,657
Pennsylvania PA34$6,955+67%$3,023 – $11,758
Washington WA17$6,924+66%$4,542 – $7,001
New Jersey NJ33$6,311+52%$3,986 – $7,348
Florida FL48$6,076+46%$2,349 – $13,934
California CA48$5,361+29%$5,216 – $10,237
Wisconsin WI18$4,495+8%$2,740 – $6,589
Oregon OR14$4,038−3%$502 – $15,287
Illinois IL38$3,865−7%$713 – $7,455
Colorado CO14$3,688−11%$3,688 – $10,241
North Carolina NC23$3,168−24%$1,941 – $3,168
Texas TX72$3,152−24%$2,293 – $4,498
Virginia VA19$2,746−34%$2,149 – $3,482
Georgia GA35$2,579−38%$1,977 – $4,293
Indiana IN27$2,160−48%$1,230 – $4,145
Missouri MO12$2,109−49%$2,109 – $6,484
Utah UT23$1,852−55%$1,852 – $2,179
Louisiana LA10$1,848−56%$738 – $5,084
Iowa IA14$713−83%$713 – $5,528
Oklahoma OK16$460−89%$460 – $2,571
Nebraska NE9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Minnesota MN3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY1not 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 $4,160.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care643$4,288$1,941 – $8,251
Children’s10fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access52$2,985$1,852 – $6,700
Ownership
For-profit65$3,152$1,524 – $8,035
Government88$3,168$1,723 – $7,384
Non-profit552$4,293$1,854 – $8,360
System affiliation
Part of a system643$4,156$1,977 – $8,035
Independent67$4,500$654 – $8,199

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$7,378
Median cash price$4,160
Cash as a share of list, median hospital60%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 40%. 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

556 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $3,614 and the average of the middle 60% is $4,082; most fall between $1,852 and $8,326.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 556 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
$654$2,109$3,614$7,301$12,764

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 20× what the cheapest tenth charges ($654 vs $12,764).

Of the 581 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 556 gave a usable cash price; 13 carried a plausibility flag, 1 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 11 a list price only.

How complete is this

710 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (18%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 740 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted710
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here21
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded2
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded0
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded7
Hospitals that filed this code740

Sections not shown for this setting

  • 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 24, 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 Other gastrointestinal diagnostic procedures family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Biliary Ndsc Prq T-Tube W/Bx Single/Multiple.

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 through a tube tract with biopsy (CPT 47553) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-47553-bile-duct-scope-exam-through-a-tube-tract-with-biopsy