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Duct Scope Procedure With Destruction of a Growth

South Carolina 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?

$5,129

Typical facility fee. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,129 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $676 to $9,120.

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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,129 · 10th to 90th $513 to $16,596
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $5,129

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
$512.86
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$21,877.62
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$9,332.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$2,454.71
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$954.99
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$10,232.93
Typical High
$16,595.87

Where South Carolina 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.

South Carolina· 10th of 50

$5,129

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.