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Placing a Stent in the Bile or Pancreas Duct

Georgia 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?

$2,368

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,368 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $708 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,660 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$708$550 to $955
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,660$1,023 to $4,571

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,660 · 10th to 90th $692 to $6,607Professionalmedian $708 · 10th to 90th $437 to $1,259
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,660professional $708

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
$457.09
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$1,258.93
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$831.76
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$7,244.36
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,148.15
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$691.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$5,754.40
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,348.96
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$2,137.96
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$954.99
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$5,011.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,445.44
8 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
$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
$346.74
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$407.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$83.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$54.95
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$416.87
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
59 · Distinct service
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$776.25
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
XS · Separate structure
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$794.33

Where Georgia 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

Georgia· 43rd of 51

$2,368

$708 physician + $1,660 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.