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Placing a Stent in the Bile or Pancreas Duct

Iowa 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?

$3,548

Typical facility fee. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,548 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $1,000 to $6,457.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,898 · 10th to 90th $776 to $10,233Professionalmedian $1,096 · 10th to 90th $437 to $1,820
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,898professional $1,096

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. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$9,772.37
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8,912.51
Median
$8,912.51
Typical High
$8,912.51
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$2,041.74
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$14,454.40
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,819.70
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8,912.51
Median
$8,912.51
Typical High
$8,912.51
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,630.78
Median
$7,585.78
Typical High
$15,848.93

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 25th of 50

$3,548

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.