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Removal of a Stent From the Bile or Pancreatic Duct

Arkansas rates for HCPCS 43275

During an examination in which a scope is passed through the mouth to the point where the bile and pancreatic ducts drain into the intestine, a stent or other foreign object is grasped and drawn out of the duct. It is done once a tube placed earlier has served its purpose, or when it has clogged or shifted out of position. Putting a new tube in is a separate service.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Removal of a Stent From the Bile or Pancreatic Duct cost?

$1,981

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,981 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $468 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,514 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$468$398 to $537
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,514$832 to $3,311

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,514 · 10th to 90th $468 to $3,981Professionalmedian $468 · 10th to 90th $363 to $631
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,514professional $468

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
$467.74
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$2,454.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$501.19
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$630.96
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$4,570.88
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$524.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,047.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$691.83
Qualchoice
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$676.08
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$2,511.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$741.31
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
$181.97
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$234.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$93.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$346.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$70.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$46.77

Where Arkansas sits

The same service costs 5.0 times more in Colorado 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

Arkansas· 31st of 51

$1,981

$468 physician + $1,514 facility

CO $5,749MT $1,151

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.