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Placing a Stent in the Bile or Pancreas Duct

Colorado 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?

$7,377

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,377 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $617 to the doctor who performs it, and $6,761 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$617$537 to $776
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$6,761$2,512 to $9,550

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,761 · 10th to 90th $1,445 to $13,804Professionalmedian $617 · 10th to 90th $457 to $933
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $6,761professional $617

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
$588.84
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$8,912.51
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$851.14
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$9,120.11
Typical High
$16,218.10
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$954.99
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$7,079.46
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$831.76
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,023.29
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$891.25
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$6,165.95
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$741.31
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$7,762.47
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$933.25
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
$229.09
Typical High
$275.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$109.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$407.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$81.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$54.95

Where Colorado 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

Colorado· 3rd of 51

$7,377

$617 physician + $6,761 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.