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Placing a Stent in the Bile or Pancreas Duct

Maryland 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?

$562

Typical facility fee. In Maryland, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $562 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $398 to $1,905.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,000 · 10th to 90th $46 to $4,571Professionalmedian $457 · 10th to 90th $347 to $692
$1.0$10.0$100.0$1.0K$10.0Kfacility $1,000professional $457

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
$45.71
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$4,570.88
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$6,309.57
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$691.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$2,754.23

Where Maryland 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.

Maryland $562 · 49th 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.