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X-Ray Imaging Of Bile And Pancreatic Ducts

Montana rates for HCPCS 74330

The imaging half of an endoscopic examination in which a scope is passed through the mouth down to the small intestine, contrast dye is injected into both the bile ducts and the duct draining the pancreas, and X-ray pictures are taken of both systems. The pictures reveal stones, narrowings or blockages anywhere in either drainage network.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does X-Ray Imaging Of Bile And Pancreatic Ducts cost?

$170

Typical negotiated rate. In Montana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $170 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $155 from a physician practice, and about $182 from a hospital or other facility.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$155$145 to $186
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$182$174 to $240

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $182 · 10th to 90th $155 to $407Professionalmedian $155 · 10th to 90th $102 to $224
$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $182professional $155

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

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$208.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$60.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$147.91
BCBS Montana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$1,122.02
BCBS Montana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$223.87
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$407.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$269.15
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$75.86
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$194.98
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$239.88
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$186.21
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$407.38
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$169.82
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$45.71
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$125.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$323.59
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$83.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$245.47
2 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$104.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$41.69

Where Montana sits

The same service costs 4.2 times more in Nebraska than in Florida. 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.

Montana· 31st of 51

$170

NE $380FL $91.20

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.