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Duct Endoscopy With Cell-Level Imaging

Nationwide rates for HCPCS 0397T

During an examination of the bile and pancreatic ducts with a flexible scope passed through the mouth, a fine probe magnifies the lining of the duct enough to see individual cells while the procedure is happening. This helps show whether a narrowing is harmless or cancerous, and it is billed in addition to the main scope examination.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Duct Endoscopy With Cell-Level Imaging cost?

$339

Typical negotiated rate. Nationwide, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $339 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $257 from a physician practice, and about $3,236 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 50 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$257$97.72 to $389
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,236$977 to $6,026

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,236 · 10th to 90th $174 to $9,333Professionalmedian $257 · 10th to 90th $46 to $617
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $3,236professional $257

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
$630.96
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$9,772.37
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$407.38
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,388.44
Median
$5,754.40
Typical High
$13,489.63
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$489.78
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$1,862.09
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$457.09
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$3,467.37
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$691.83

What it costs in each state

The same service costs 67.6 times more in California than in South Dakota. 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.

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CA $3,548SD $52.48

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.