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Duct Scope Procedure With Destruction of a Growth

Alabama rates for HCPCS 43278

A flexible scope is passed through the mouth into the small intestine to reach the openings of the bile and pancreatic ducts, and abnormal tissue or a growth within the duct system is destroyed using heat or a similar energy source. Any needed stretching of the duct and passage of a guide wire is included. Sedation or general anesthesia is used.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Duct Scope Procedure With Destruction of a Growth cost?

$3,020

Typical facility fee. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,020 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $1,259 to $6,457.

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 3 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,020 · 10th to 90th $851 to $7,943
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,020

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$2,398.83
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,888.44
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$9,549.93
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$4,677.35

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 23.4 times more in Indiana 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.

Alabama· 25th of 50

$3,020

IN $10,000WV $427

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.