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Diagnostic Bile Duct Endoscopy (ERCP)

Illinois rates for HCPCS 43260

An examination of the bile and pancreatic ducts using a flexible scope passed through the mouth and stomach to the point where those ducts drain into the small intestine. Dye is injected into the ducts and X-ray pictures are taken to look for stones, narrowings or blockages, and cells can be collected by brushing or rinsing the duct lining. Sedation or anesthesia is used, and treatment carried out through the scope is charged separately.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Diagnostic Bile Duct Endoscopy (ERCP) cost?

$3,616

Typical total for the visit. In Illinois, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,616 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $380 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,236 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$380$331 to $437
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,236$1,738 to $4,571

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,236 · 10th to 90th $871 to $6,026Professionalmedian $380 · 10th to 90th $316 to $550
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $3,236professional $380

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$5,888.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$457.09
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$371.54
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$6,025.60
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$501.19
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$4,570.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$512.86
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$1,548.82
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$436.52
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$7,079.46
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$645.65
5 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$162.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$64.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$239.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$47.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$32.36

Where Illinois sits

The same service costs 5.9 times more in Wisconsin than in Montana. 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.

Physician feeFacility fee

Illinois· 15th of 51

$3,616

$380 physician + $3,236 facility

WI $5,894MT $1,002

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.