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Bile Duct Stretching During Scope Procedure

Wyoming 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?

$5,222

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,222 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,148 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,074 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,148$724 to $1,479
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,074$3,020 to $4,074

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,074 · 10th to 90th $2,570 to $4,898Professionalmedian $1,148 · 10th to 90th $513 to $1,778
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,074professional $1,148

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$380.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$512.86
BCBS Wyoming
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,073.80
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$4,073.80
BCBS Wyoming
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$1,778.28
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,884.03
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$6,760.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$912.01
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$10,471.29
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,513.56

Where Wyoming 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

Wyoming· 7th of 51

$5,222

$1,148 physician + $4,074 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.