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Placing a Stent in the Bile or Pancreas Duct

Washington 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?

$4,365

Typical facility fee. In Washington, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,365 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $891 to $12,882.

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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,365 · 10th to 90th $631 to $19,953
$1.0$10.0$100.0$1.0K$10.0Kfacility $4,365

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
$630.96
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$19,952.62
Asuris Northwest Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10,964.78
Median
$18,197.01
Typical High
$30,902.95
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$10,000.00
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$8,709.64
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$912.01
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$4,786.30
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10,715.19
Median
$16,982.44
Typical High
$30,902.95
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$17,378.01
Typical High
$33,884.42

Where Washington sits

The same service costs 18.2 times more in Indiana than in Hawaii. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Washington $4,365 · 17th of 50
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.