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Placing a Stent in the Bile or Pancreas Duct

Texas 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?

$5,213

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,213 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $427 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,786 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 13 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$427$339 to $537
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,786$3,090 to $6,310

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,786 · 10th to 90th $1,660 to $10,233Professionalmedian $427 · 10th to 90th $68 to $1,175
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $4,786professional $427

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
$954.99
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$9,120.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$645.65
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$416.87
BCBS Texas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$12,589.25
BCBS Texas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$676.08
Baylor Scott & White
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$676.08
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,897.79
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$4,897.79
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$6,760.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$741.31
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,311.31
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$3,388.44
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$10,715.19
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$645.65
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$436.52
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$537.03
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$11,748.98
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$724.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$6,918.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$741.31
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$398.11
13 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
$234.42
Typical High
$275.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$109.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$416.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$83.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$54.95
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$489.78
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
59 · Distinct service
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$416.87
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
GC · Resident with teaching physician
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$389.05
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$251.19
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$102.33
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$380.19
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$75.86
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$50.12

Where Texas 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

Texas· 13th of 51

$5,213

$427 physician + $4,786 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.