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Bile Duct Scope With Valve Pressure Measurement

North Carolina rates for HCPCS 43263

A flexible camera is passed through the mouth down to the point where the bile and pancreatic ducts drain into the small intestine, and a fine tube measures the pressure inside the muscular valve controlling that opening. Abnormally high pressure in this valve can cause pain that mimics gallbladder or pancreas disease. The measurement helps decide whether treatment directed at the valve is likely to help.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Bile Duct Scope With Valve Pressure Measurement cost?

$661

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $661 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $661 from a physician practice, and about $1,622 from a hospital or other facility.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$661$447 to $977
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,622$1,047 to $2,188

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,622 · 10th to 90th $603 to $4,677Professionalmedian $661 · 10th to 90th $324 to $1,175
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,622professional $661

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
$346.74
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$426.58
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$2,630.27
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,174.90
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$1,819.70
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$741.31
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$812.83
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$2,511.89
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$602.56
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$457.09
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$8,709.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$691.83
7 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
$173.78
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$204.17
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$81.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$309.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$61.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$40.74
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$1,659.59
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$323.59

Where North Carolina sits

The same service costs 4.8 times more in Alaska than in Utah. 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 Carolina· 9th of 51

$661

AK $1,413UT $295

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.