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Duct Scope Procedure With Destruction of a Growth

Minnesota 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?

$1,698

Typical facility fee. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,698 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $1,175 to $4,074.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,698 · 10th to 90th $513 to $10,965
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $1,698

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
$398.11
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$3,235.94
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$6,918.31
Typical High
$17,378.01
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$4,073.80
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$3,235.94
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$3,311.31
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$10,000.00

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 34th of 50

$1,698

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.