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Placing a Stent in the Bile or Pancreas Duct

Missouri 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?

$3,687

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,687 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $525 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,162 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$525$468 to $708
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,162$1,660 to $5,012

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,162 · 10th to 90th $955 to $7,762Professionalmedian $525 · 10th to 90th $417 to $1,950
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $3,162professional $525

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
$501.19
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$645.65
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$537.03
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$7,079.46
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$758.58
BCBS Kansas City
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$645.65
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$9,549.93
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$933.25
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$17,782.79
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$3,388.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$5,888.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,096.48
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
$208.93
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$257.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$102.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$380.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$75.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$51.29
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
58 · Staged procedure
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$616.60
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
XS · Separate structure
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$616.60

Where Missouri 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

Missouri· 27th of 51

$3,687

$525 physician + $3,162 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.