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Bile or Pancreatic Duct Stent Exchange

Kentucky 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?

$2,117

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,117 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $457 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,660 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$457$437 to $603
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,660$759 to $3,548

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,660 · 10th to 90th $589 to $5,370Professionalmedian $457 · 10th to 90th $389 to $776
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $1,660professional $457

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
$457.09
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$912.01
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$660.69
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$575.44
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$5,370.32
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$602.56
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$6,025.60
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$707.95
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$4,466.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$2,187.76
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$5,754.40
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$831.76
6 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
$229.09
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$288.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$117.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$436.52
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$87.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$58.88
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
GC · Resident with teaching physician
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$512.86

Where Kentucky 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

Kentucky· 46th of 51

$2,117

$457 physician + $1,660 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.