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Procedure price report · Other OR gastrointestinal therapeutic procedures

Bile duct scope with widening of narrowed duct, no stent

CPT 47555the billing code this page is about

A scope is passed through an existing T-tube drain tract and a narrowed bile duct is stretched open, without leaving a stent in place.

Hospitals typically charge $3,377 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 984 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $3,589. Most fall between $1,688 and $6,545 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
984
States
50
Filings dated
Feb 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 984 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
$993$2,042$3,377$5,752$8,426

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 8.5× what the cheapest tenth charges ($993 vs $8,426).

How the prices are spread

$665 – $877: 39 hospitals$665$877 – $1,156: 38 hospitals$1,156 – $1,525: 45 hospitals$1,156$1,525 – $2,010: 68 hospitals$2,010 – $2,650: 163 hospitals$2,010$2,650 – $3,493: 105 hospitals$3,493 – $4,605: 129 hospitals$3,493$4,605 – $6,071: 114 hospitals$6,071 – $8,004: 112 hospitals$6,071$8,004 – $10,552: 83 hospitals$8,004median $3,377price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (896 of 984 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$665$87739
$877$1,15638
$1,156$1,52545
$1,525$2,01068
$2,010$2,650163
$2,650$3,493105
$3,493$4,605129
$4,605$6,071114
$6,071$8,004112
$8,004$10,55283

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$6,614
Median cash price$3,377
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.51×

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 $3,377.

Alaska: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $3,743 across 30 hospitalsWA$3,743Idaho: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $519 across 10 hospitalsMN$519Illinois: median $3,805 across 45 hospitalsIL$3,805Wisconsin: median $3,133 across 22 hospitalsWI$3,133Michigan: median $2,572 across 26 hospitalsMI$2,572New York: median $4,399 across 39 hospitalsNY$4,399Massachusetts: median $5,490 across 18 hospitalsMA$5,490Oregon: median $3,916 across 11 hospitalsOR$3,916Nevada: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $848 across 14 hospitalsIA$848Indiana: median $1,654 across 31 hospitalsIN$1,654Ohio: median $2,960 across 62 hospitalsOH$2,960Pennsylvania: median $5,480 across 60 hospitalsPA$5,480New Jersey: median $4,617 across 40 hospitalsNJ$4,617Connecticut: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $4,777 across 88 hospitalsCA$4,777Utah: median $1,927 across 23 hospitalsUT$1,927Colorado: median $4,479 across 18 hospitalsCO$4,479Nebraska: median $2,128 across 11 hospitalsNE$2,128Missouri: median $2,773 across 21 hospitalsMO$2,773Kentucky: median $2,425 across 16 hospitalsKY$2,425West Virginia: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: median $2,711 across 21 hospitalsVA$2,711Maryland: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $1,638 across 26 hospitalsAZ$1,638New Mexico: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTNNorth Carolina: median $1,663 across 17 hospitalsNC$1,663South Carolina: median $4,469 across 15 hospitalsSC$4,469Oklahoma: median $1,171 across 22 hospitalsOK$1,171Louisiana: median $2,583 across 25 hospitalsLA$2,583Mississippi: median $1,566 across 13 hospitalsMS$1,566Alabama: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: median $3,803 across 32 hospitalsGA$3,803Hawaii: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $2,571 across 78 hospitalsTX$2,571Florida: median $5,325 across 51 hospitalsFL$5,325
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $3,377. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Massachusetts MA18$5,490+63%$2,519 – $6,876
Pennsylvania PA60$5,480+62%$3,650 – $7,649
Florida FL51$5,325+58%$1,501 – $7,749
California CA88$4,777+41%$2,169 – $5,193
New Jersey NJ40$4,617+37%$3,906 – $8,376
Colorado CO18$4,479+33%$2,865 – $10,241
South Carolina SC15$4,469+32%$2,516 – $6,474
New York NY39$4,399+30%$2,911 – $8,418
Oregon OR11$3,916+16%$568 – $6,373
Illinois IL45$3,805+13%$931 – $7,483
Georgia GA32$3,803+13%$3,377 – $6,461
Washington WA30$3,743+11%$2,584 – $5,855
Wisconsin WI22$3,133−7%$2,300 – $6,589
Ohio OH62$2,960−12%$2,509 – $7,927
Missouri MO21$2,773−18%$1,691 – $3,825
Virginia VA21$2,711−20%$2,149 – $2,746
Louisiana LA25$2,583−24%$1,243 – $4,357
Michigan MI26$2,572−24%$1,586 – $8,093
Texas TX78$2,571−24%$2,286 – $5,962
Kentucky KY16$2,425−28%$1,905 – $6,460
Nebraska NE11$2,128−37%$1,975 – $2,454
Utah UT23$1,927−43%$1,927 – $2,267
North Carolina NC17$1,663−51%$717 – $2,212
Indiana IN31$1,654−51%$1,049 – $2,616
Arizona AZ26$1,638−51%$1,105 – $6,408
Mississippi MS13$1,566−54%$951 – $2,400
Oklahoma OK22$1,171−65%$781 – $4,086
Iowa IA14$848−75%$848 – $3,396
Minnesota MN10$519−85%$519 – $1,332
Hawaii HI9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE1not 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 $3,377.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care893$3,377$1,820 – $6,471
Children’s24$2,808$1,229 – $9,529
Critical access64$2,286$1,055 – $7,854
Ownership
For-profit97$3,431$1,501 – $7,310
Government101$3,099$1,105 – $6,154
Non-profit783$3,377$1,778 – $6,461
System affiliation
Part of a system875$3,377$1,772 – $6,545
Independent109$3,335$1,127 – $6,471

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$6,187
Median cash price$3,377
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

776 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $2,960 and the average of the middle 60% is $3,393; most fall between $1,709 and $6,408.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 776 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
$1,028$2,042$2,960$5,325$8,630

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 8.4× what the cheapest tenth charges ($1,028 vs $8,630).

Of the 848 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 776 gave a usable cash price; 30 carried a plausibility flag, 1 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 41 a list price only.

How complete is this

984 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (25%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 1,068 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted984
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here41
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 — excluded42
Hospitals that filed this code1,068

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 24, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Related procedures

Part of the Other OR gastrointestinal therapeutic procedures family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Biliary Ndsc Prq T-Tube W/Dil Duct W/O Stent.

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 with widening of narrowed duct, no stent (CPT 47555) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-47555-bile-duct-scope-with-widening-of-narrowed-duct-no-stent