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Bile or Pancreatic Duct Stent Exchange

Virginia 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?

$4,415

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,415 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $525 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,890 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$525$468 to $575
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,890$1,175 to $7,079

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,890 · 10th to 90th $575 to $10,000Professionalmedian $525 · 10th to 90th $437 to $692
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,890professional $525

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
$549.54
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$10,000.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$812.83
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$9,549.93
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$630.96
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$602.56
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$7,079.46
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$741.31
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$691.83
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,096.48
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$912.01
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$691.83
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$8,912.51
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$831.76
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$13,182.57
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$851.14
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
$269.15
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$275.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$109.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$416.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$83.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$54.95

Where Virginia 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

Virginia· 22nd of 51

$4,415

$525 physician + $3,890 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.