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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 July 2026.

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

$6,310

Typical facility fee. In Colorado, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,310 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $1,122 to $11,220.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,310 · 10th to 90th $490 to $17,378Professionalmedian $575 · 10th to 90th $407 to $1,445
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $6,310professional $575

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$15,488.17
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,165.95
Median
$11,481.54
Typical High
$19,498.45
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$6,760.83
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$933.25
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$1,445.44
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$851.14
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$10,471.29

Where Colorado 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.

Colorado· 7th of 50

$6,310

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.