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Placing a Stent in the Bile or Pancreas Duct

Delaware 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?

$2,206

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,206 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $468 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,738 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$468$437 to $537
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,738$1,023 to $4,677

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,738 · 10th to 90th $708 to $6,457Professionalmedian $468 · 10th to 90th $389 to $661
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20K$50Kfacility $1,738professional $468

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). 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
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$7,244.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$630.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$7,244.36
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$660.69
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$46,773.51
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$794.33
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,570.40
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$676.08
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
$229.09
Typical High
$251.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$102.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$380.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$75.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$51.29

Where Delaware 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

Delaware· 46th of 51

$2,206

$468 physician + $1,738 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.