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Placing a Stent in the Bile or Pancreas Duct

Idaho 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?

$5,365

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,365 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $794 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,571 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$794$646 to $912
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,571$1,514 to $6,761

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,571 · 10th to 90th $794 to $14,791Professionalmedian $794 · 10th to 90th $501 to $1,349
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $4,571professional $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
$724.44
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,348.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,023.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$204.17
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$14,791.08
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$912.01
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$812.83
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$89.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,073.80
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$6,165.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$776.25
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$14,791.08
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,348.96
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,023.29
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$204.17
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$794.33
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,096.48
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$776.25
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9,772.37
Median
$13,803.84
Typical High
$18,620.87
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$912.01
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$3,311.31
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$870.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,621.81
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,000.00
12 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
$263.03
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$676.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$269.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$134.90
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
63 · Small infant
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,071.52
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$630.96
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$676.08
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$269.15
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$134.90
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
22 · Increased work
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,230.27
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$109.65
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
63 · Small infant
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,230.27
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$831.76

Where Idaho 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

Idaho· 10th of 51

$5,365

$794 physician + $4,571 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.