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Duct Endoscopy With Cell-Level Imaging

North Dakota 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?

$234

Typical negotiated rate. In North Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $234 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $257 from a physician practice, and about $234 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 4 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$51.29 to $437
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$234$126 to $1,995

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $234 · 10th to 90th $51 to $8,511Professionalmedian $257 · 10th to 90th $48 to $479
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $234professional $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
$51.29
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$436.52
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$107.15
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$436.52
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,047.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$2,041.74
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$660.69

Where North Dakota sits

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.

North Dakota· 37th of 51

$234

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.