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Placing a Stent in the Bile or Pancreas Duct

Connecticut 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?

$6,418

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,418 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $794 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,623 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$794$661 to $977
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,623$2,884 to $8,511

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,623 · 10th to 90th $891 to $14,125Professionalmedian $794 · 10th to 90th $437 to $1,230
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $5,623professional $794

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
$3,162.28
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$691.83
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$13,182.57
Typical High
$16,218.10
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,318.26
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$7,585.78
Typical High
$9,549.93
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,096.48
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$758.58
Health New England
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,096.48
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$8,709.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,584.89
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
$229.09
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$346.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$138.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$524.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$104.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$69.18

Where Connecticut 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

Connecticut· 6th of 51

$6,418

$794 physician + $5,623 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.