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Placing a Stent in the Bile or Pancreas Duct

Louisiana 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?

$4,536

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,536 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $646 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,890 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$646$513 to $741
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,890$2,570 to $5,623

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,890 · 10th to 90th $955 to $9,333Professionalmedian $646 · 10th to 90th $447 to $776
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,890professional $646

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
$660.69
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$3,801.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$741.31
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$758.58
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$10,471.29
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$741.31
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,897.79
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$4,897.79
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$6,606.93
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$831.76
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$7,585.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$870.96
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
$323.59
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$371.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$147.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$562.34
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$112.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$74.13

Where Louisiana 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

Louisiana· 20th of 51

$4,536

$646 physician + $3,890 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.