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X-Ray-Guided Widening Of A Narrowed Bile Duct

Montana rates for HCPCS 74363

A narrowed bile duct is opened up from the outside in: a needle and catheter are passed through the skin and through the liver into the bile ducts, and a balloon is used to stretch the narrowed segment under live X-ray. A small tube may be left across the segment to hold it open. The imaging guidance and the reading of the images are part of this service.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does X-Ray-Guided Widening Of A Narrowed Bile Duct cost?

$182

Typical negotiated rate. In Montana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $182 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $182 from a physician practice, and about $186 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$182$170 to $204
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$186$178 to $204

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $186 · 10th to 90th $135 to $234Professionalmedian $182 · 10th to 90th $120 to $282
$100$200$500facility $186professional $182

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
$109.65
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$234.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$89.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$147.91
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$64.57
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$269.15
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$245.47
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$70.79
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$162.18
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$218.78
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$199.53
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$269.15
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$190.55
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$66.07
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$123.03
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$489.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$79.43
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$416.87
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
$54.95
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$117.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$46.77

Where Montana sits

The same service costs 5.2 times more in North Dakota 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· 25th of 51

$182

ND $457FL $87.10

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.