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Bile Duct Endoscopy With Biopsy (ERCP)

Minnesota rates for HCPCS 43261

An examination of the bile and pancreatic ducts in which a flexible scope is passed through the mouth and stomach to the point where those ducts drain into the small intestine. Dye is injected so the ducts show up on X-ray, and small pieces of tissue are taken from a narrowed or suspicious area for testing. Sedation or anesthesia is used, and the laboratory examination of the tissue is charged separately.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Bile Duct Endoscopy With Biopsy (ERCP) cost?

$2,145

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,145 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $631 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,514 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$631$501 to $912
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,514$661 to $3,715

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,514 · 10th to 90th $309 to $5,754Professionalmedian $631 · 10th to 90th $324 to $1,230
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,514professional $631

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
$309.03
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$4,897.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$457.09
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$14,454.40
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,047.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,584.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,318.26
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,348.96
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,202.26
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$7,762.47
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$2,511.89
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$8,317.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,230.27
10 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$154.88
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$61.66
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$234.42
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$46.77
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$30.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$199.53
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$79.43
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$302.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$60.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$39.81

Where Minnesota sits

The same service costs 5.7 times more in Colorado 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

Minnesota· 40th of 51

$2,145

$631 physician + $1,514 facility

CO $5,952MT $1,050

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.