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Upper Endoscopy With Bile Duct Stone Breakup

Louisiana rates for HCPCS 43265

A flexible scope is passed through the mouth to the opening of the bile and pancreatic ducts, and a stone that is too large or too wedged to pull out whole is broken into pieces first. The fragments are then removed or allowed to pass. Dye and X-ray pictures are used to find the stone and confirm the duct is clear.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Upper Endoscopy With Bile Duct Stone Breakup cost?

$2,570

Typical facility fee. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,570 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $1,148 to $3,890.

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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,570 · 10th to 90th $661 to $6,607
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,570

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
$645.65
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$4,365.16
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,884.03
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$10,715.19
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$6,456.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$3,981.07
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$9,120.11

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 72.4 times more in West Virginia than in North 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.

Louisiana· 28th of 50

$2,570

WV $31,623ND $437

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.