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Placing a Stent in the Bile or Pancreas Duct

Indiana 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?

$5,942

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,942 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $447 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,495 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$447$437 to $562
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,495$1,820 to $11,220

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,495 · 10th to 90th $891 to $19,498Professionalmedian $447 · 10th to 90th $372 to $676
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $5,495professional $447

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
$467.74
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$11,220.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$630.96
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$478.63
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$11,220.18
Typical High
$23,442.29
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$524.81
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$7,413.10
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$616.60
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$7,943.28
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$912.01
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$6,606.93
Typical High
$9,332.54
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$831.76
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$7,943.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$812.83
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
$223.87
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$316.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$125.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$478.63
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$95.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$63.10

Where Indiana 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

Indiana· 7th of 51

$5,942

$447 physician + $5,495 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.