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Surgical Bile Duct Stent Placement

Vermont rates for HCPCS 47801

Places a stent — a small tube that holds a passage open — inside the bile duct, the channel that carries bile from the liver and gallbladder into the intestine. It is done during an operation on the bile ducts, usually when the duct is narrowed or has been repaired and needs support while it heals.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Surgical Bile Duct Stent Placement cost?

$1,549

Typical physician fee. In Vermont, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,549 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $1,349 to $1,862.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $776 · 10th to 90th $468 to $776Professionalmedian $1,549 · 10th to 90th $1,122 to $2,188
$500$1K$2Kfacility $776professional $1,549

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
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,513.56
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$467.74
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$1,862.09
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$2,884.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$776.25
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$2,238.72

Where Vermont sits

The same service costs 5.6 times more in Alaska than in Texas. 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.

Vermont· 18th of 51

$1,549

AK $4,169TX $741

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.