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Placing a Stent in the Bile or Pancreas Duct

California 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 July 2026.

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

$5,623

Typical facility fee. In California, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,623 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $3,548 to $8,511.

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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,888 · 10th to 90th $1,202 to $13,804Professionalmedian $457 · 10th to 90th $372 to $1,072
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $5,888professional $457

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
$2,511.89
Median
$6,918.31
Typical High
$17,782.79
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,630.78
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$13,489.63
Blue Shield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$9,549.93
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$6,606.93
Contra Costa Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$602.56
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$1,122.02
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$20,892.96
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$977.24
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,388.44
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$15,135.61

Where California sits

The same service costs 18.2 times more in Indiana than in Hawaii. 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.

California· 8th of 50

$5,623

IN $9,550HI $525

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.