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Placing a Stent in the Bile or Pancreas Duct

Nebraska 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?

$4,739

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,739 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,023 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,715 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$1,023$724 to $1,122
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,715$1,738 to $7,586

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,715 · 10th to 90th $1,023 to $11,220Professionalmedian $1,023 · 10th to 90th $417 to $3,388
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $3,715professional $1,023

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
$912.01
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$12,589.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,096.48
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$338.84
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6,606.93
Median
$10,000.00
Typical High
$20,892.96
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,128.61
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$5,623.41
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$6,606.93
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,288.25
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$8,912.51
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$3,388.44
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,445.44
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$8,912.51
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,445.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$7,585.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,258.93
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
$208.93
Typical High
$239.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$95.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$354.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$70.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$47.86
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
59 · Distinct service
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$933.25
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
XS · Separate structure
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$144.54

Where Nebraska 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

Nebraska· 18th of 51

$4,739

$1,023 physician + $3,715 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.