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Bile or Pancreatic Duct Stent Exchange

Iowa rates for HCPCS 43276

During an examination in which a scope is passed through the mouth to where the bile and pancreatic ducts drain into the intestine, an existing stent — a small tube holding the duct open — is taken out and a new one is put in its place. The duct may be stretched open before and after, with a guide wire used to hold the path. It is done when a stent has clogged, slipped, or simply reached the end of its useful life.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Bile or Pancreatic Duct Stent Exchange cost?

$4,654

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,654 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,023 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,631 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,023$759 to $1,122
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,631$1,259 to $6,607

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,631 · 10th to 90th $891 to $11,482Professionalmedian $1,023 · 10th to 90th $537 to $1,549
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $3,631professional $1,023

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
$794.33
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$7,244.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$794.33
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,388.44
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$8,709.64
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,288.25
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,659.59
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$12,589.25
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$3,548.13
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,288.25
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,884.03
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$8,709.64
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,479.11
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,000.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$15,848.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,348.96
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,023.29
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
$223.87
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$398.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$158.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$602.56
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$120.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$79.43

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 5.9 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

Iowa· 19th of 51

$4,654

$1,023 physician + $3,631 facility

AK $8,723MT $1,483

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.