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Placing a Stent in the Bile or Pancreas Duct

Kentucky 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?

$2,096

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,096 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $437 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$437$417 to $575
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,660$724 to $3,548

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,660 · 10th to 90th $562 to $5,370Professionalmedian $437 · 10th to 90th $372 to $741
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $1,660professional $437

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
$446.68
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$891.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$630.96
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$489.78
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$5,370.32
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$562.34
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$6,025.60
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$575.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$4,466.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$2,089.30
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$5,888.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$812.83
7 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
$218.78
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$281.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$112.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$416.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$83.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$56.23
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
59 · Distinct service
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$489.78
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$512.86

Where Kentucky 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

Kentucky· 47th of 51

$2,096

$437 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.