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Placing a Stent in the Bile or Pancreas Duct

Arkansas rates for HCPCS 43274

A flexible scope is passed through the mouth to where the bile and pancreas ducts drain into the small intestine, and a small tube called a stent is set inside a narrowed or blocked duct to hold it open. Dye and X-ray pictures guide the placement, and the duct opening may be widened first so the stent can pass. It relieves the jaundice, itching and pain a blockage causes.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Placing a Stent in the Bile or Pancreas Duct cost?

$3,964

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,964 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $575 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,388 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$575$490 to $692
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,388$1,230 to $5,370

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,388 · 10th to 90th $851 to $7,079Professionalmedian $575 · 10th to 90th $447 to $776
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,388professional $575

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
$575.44
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$2,454.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$630.96
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$776.25
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,388.44
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$7,244.36
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$645.65
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$588.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$3,981.07
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$851.14
Qualchoice
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$891.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$3,388.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$912.01
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
$223.87
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$288.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$114.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$426.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$87.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$57.54

Where Arkansas sits

The same service costs 6.1 times more in Alaska 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

Arkansas· 24th of 51

$3,964

$575 physician + $3,388 facility

AK $8,625MT $1,416

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.