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Bile Duct Stretching During Scope Procedure

Missouri rates for HCPCS 43277

A scope is passed through the mouth to the point where the bile and pancreatic ducts drain into the intestine, a catheter is threaded into the duct, and a balloon is inflated to stretch open a narrowed section. Cutting the muscular opening of the duct is included when it is done as part of the same procedure. It relieves blockage causing jaundice, pain or infection, and is charged for each duct treated.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Bile Duct Stretching During Scope Procedure cost?

$3,388

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,388 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $437 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,951 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$437$389 to $589
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,951$1,660 to $5,012

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,951 · 10th to 90th $955 to $7,762Professionalmedian $437 · 10th to 90th $355 to $1,585
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,951professional $437

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
$416.87
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$549.54
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$7,079.46
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$616.60
BCBS Kansas City
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$537.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$9,549.93
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$794.33
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$10,715.19
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$2,754.23
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$5,888.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$891.25
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
$169.82
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$208.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$83.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$316.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$63.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$41.69
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
59 · Distinct service
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$295.12

Where Missouri sits

The same service costs 6.4 times more in Alabama than in West Virginia. 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

Missouri· 23rd of 51

$3,388

$437 physician + $2,951 facility

AL $6,691WV $1,046

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.