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Placing a Stent in the Bile or Pancreas Duct

Kansas 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?

$5,263

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,263 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $692 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$692$562 to $759
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,571$1,778 to $5,888

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,571 · 10th to 90th $891 to $6,166Professionalmedian $692 · 10th to 90th $479 to $3,388
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,571professional $692

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
$1,174.90
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$8,912.51
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$758.58
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$707.95
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,884.03
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$6,165.95
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$691.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$5,128.61
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$870.96
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$5,623.41
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$3,388.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$4,677.35
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$562.34
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
$239.88
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$380.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$151.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$575.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$114.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$75.86

Where Kansas 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

Kansas· 12th of 51

$5,263

$692 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.