CPT code 47550: Biliary endoscopy, intraoperative choledochoscopy2026 Medicare rate & RVUs in Oklahoma

In Oklahoma, Medicare pays $137.21 for 47550 in a facility. There’s no office rate.

Check a contract rate as a % of Medicare · 47550 nationwide

Medicare allowed amount for participating (non-QP) physicians, before deductible, coinsurance and claim adjustments. Not a patient’s bill or a hospital charge.

What 47550 covers

During an operation, the surgeon passes an endoscope into the biliary tree to inspect the ducts directly. This may help assess the common bile duct when stones or another duct abnormality are suspected during gallbladder or bile duct surgery. The service is performed in the operating room as part of the operative encounter; it is not the same as imaging the ducts with contrast or endoscopy through a percutaneous access tract.

Report 47550 only with an eligible primary procedure, not as a stand-alone service. The operative report should identify the primary operation and document that biliary endoscopy was performed, including the duct examined and relevant findings. CMS treats this as an add-on paid within the primary procedure’s global period, so it does not establish a separate global period. The endoscopic inspection is distinct from the primary operation’s description; select the primary code according to the operation actually performed.

This summary was written with AI assistance from CMS physician fee schedule data and checked against the CMS billing rules shown here. Rates on this page come directly from CMS files.

How Oklahoma compares for 47550

Across 109 of 109 payment localities, the facility rate for 47550 runs from $127.58 in Wisconsin to $184.91 in Alaska. Oklahoma pays $137.21. The RVUs are the same everywhere; the geographic indexes change the dollars.

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47550 rates by state

Office rate range in each state. Select a state to see its payment localities.

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How the 47550 rate is calculated

Each of 47550’s three RVUs is multiplied by a geographic index (GPCI) for the payment locality, added up, and multiplied by the conversion factor. Drag the indexes or enter a ZIP to see what moves the rate.

Payment rules and modifiers for 47550

The CMS indicators that decide how 47550 is paid alongside other services.

What modifiers do to the payment

When to use modifier 80

Codes related to 47550

Related codes aren’t interchangeable: bill the code that matches the service performed.

How 47550 has changed in Oklahoma

Price 47550 for an earlier date of service

Where the Oklahoma rate applies

Oklahoma is a Medicare payment area, not a city. Our Census mapping connects it to 846 cities and communities in Oklahoma. Some span more than one payment area; confirm with the service ZIP.

• Lahoma
• Achille
• Ada
• Adair
• Adams
• Adamson
• Addington
• Afton

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Where these rates come from

FeeBase calculates base physician payments from CMS work, practice-expense and malpractice RVUs, adjusted by each locality’s geographic indexes and the conversion factor. Services without a published rate are labeled, never given a made-up amount. Amounts are Medicare allowed amounts before claim adjustments: not a patient’s bill or a commercial rate.

CMS RVU26D · effective Oct 1, 2026 through the day before Jan 1, 2027

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