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Placing a Stent in the Bile or Pancreas Duct

Wisconsin 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?

$6,607

Typical facility fee. In Wisconsin, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,607 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $955 to $10,965.

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 11 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $8,128 · 10th to 90th $562 to $16,982Professionalmedian $955 · 10th to 90th $525 to $1,479
$100.0$1.0K$10.0Kfacility $8,128professional $955

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
$144.54
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$11,748.98
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,165.95
Median
$10,232.93
Typical High
$18,197.01
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$794.33
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$2,187.76
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
22 · Increased work
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$851.14
DeanCare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$3,981.07
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$8,317.64
Network Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,248.07
Median
$5,754.40
Typical High
$7,762.47
Prevea360
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$912.01
Quartz
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,479.11
Quartz
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$14,454.40
Typical High
$20,892.96
Quartz
Setting
Facility
Modifier
22 · Increased work
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$933.25
Security Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$1,659.59
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,073.80
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$9,120.11

Where Wisconsin 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.

Wisconsin $6,607 · 4th 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.