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Removal of a Stent From the Bile or Pancreatic Duct

Tennessee 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?

$2,075

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,075 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $490 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,585 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$490$398 to $2,692
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,585$1,000 to $2,692

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,585 · 10th to 90th $646 to $3,802Professionalmedian $490 · 10th to 90th $339 to $2,754
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,585professional $490

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
$707.95
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$537.03
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$741.31
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$3,467.37
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$812.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$6,760.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$660.69
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$2,754.23
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$3,630.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$776.25
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
$169.82
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$257.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$102.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$389.05
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$77.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$51.29

Where Tennessee 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

Tennessee· 29th of 51

$2,075

$490 physician + $1,585 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.