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Placing a Stent in the Bile or Pancreas Duct

Minnesota 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?

$1,820

Typical facility fee. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,820 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $1,259 to $7,079.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,820 · 10th to 90th $617 to $15,488
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $1,820

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
$426.58
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$10,471.29
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$10,964.78
Typical High
$26,915.35
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$4,365.16
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
22 · Increased work
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$851.14
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$3,467.37
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$4,786.30
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$15,848.93

Where Minnesota sits

The same service costs 18.2 times more in Indiana than in Hawaii. 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.

Minnesota· 38th of 50

$1,820

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.