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Bile or Pancreatic Duct Stent Exchange

Montana 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?

$1,483

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,483 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $741 to the doctor who performs it, and $741 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$741$513 to $759
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$741$708 to $912

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $741 · 10th to 90th $708 to $6,026Professionalmedian $741 · 10th to 90th $437 to $871
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $741professional $741

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
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$1,412.54
BCBS Montana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$741.31
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$12,882.50
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$831.76
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$831.76
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$758.58
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$12,882.50
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$758.58
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$3,162.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$954.99
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
$229.09
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$707.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$281.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,071.52
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$213.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$141.25

Where Montana 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

Montana· 51st of 51

$1,483

$741 physician + $741 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.