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Bile or Pancreatic Duct Stent Exchange

Louisiana 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?

$4,307

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,307 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $676 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$676$525 to $776
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,631$2,138 to $5,495

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,631 · 10th to 90th $955 to $8,511Professionalmedian $676 · 10th to 90th $468 to $813
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,631professional $676

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
$676.08
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$3,715.35
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$776.25
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$9,772.37
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$776.25
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,495.41
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$5,495.41
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$6,606.93
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$870.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$7,585.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$912.01
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
$331.13
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$389.05
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$154.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$575.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$114.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$77.62
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
59 · Distinct service
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$478.63

Where Louisiana 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

Louisiana· 23rd of 51

$4,307

$676 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.