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Placing a Stent in the Bile or Pancreas Duct

New Mexico 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?

$5,587

Typical total for the visit. In New Mexico, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,587 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $575 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,012 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$575$525 to $676
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,012$1,549 to $9,120

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,012 · 10th to 90th $1,000 to $12,882Professionalmedian $575 · 10th to 90th $457 to $794
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $5,012professional $575

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
$489.78
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$8,709.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$676.08
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$416.87
BCBS New Mexico
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$9,549.93
Typical High
$14,791.08
BCBS New Mexico
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$676.08
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$6,760.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$776.25
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$660.69
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$6,760.83
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$812.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$9,772.37
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$933.25
5 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
$223.87
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$338.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$134.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$501.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$67.61

Where New Mexico 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

New Mexico· 9th of 51

$5,587

$575 physician + $5,012 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.