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Placing a Stent in the Bile or Pancreas Duct

Massachusetts 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 July 2026.

How much does Placing a Stent in the Bile or Pancreas Duct cost?

$3,090

Typical facility fee. In Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,090 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $1,778 to $4,571.

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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,090 · 10th to 90th $468 to $5,754
$100.0$1.0K$10.0Kfacility $3,090

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$5,754.40
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$11,220.18
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$7,943.28
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$3,311.31
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$9,772.37
Health New England
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$15,135.61
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$11,220.18
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$12,302.69

Where Massachusetts sits

The same service costs 18.2 times more in Indiana than in Hawaii. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Massachusetts $3,090 · 30th of 50
IN $9,550HI $525

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.