Bile duct stone ERCP, is a minimally invasive treatment, the cost of the operation will usually be in the current 20,000 dollars, this is the cost before reimbursement, the specific actual cost, and the type of health insurance, reimbursement rate related to the reimbursement of the cost of before reimbursement are about 20,000 dollars. Because ERCP is a minimally invasive treatment, intraoperative need to use contrast media, stone mesh, use of papillotomy instruments, as well as nasobiliary drainage items, these instruments are minimally invasive treatment of instruments, belong to the disposable consumables, the reimbursement rate is relatively low. Because the more minimally invasive, the need to use disposable consumables is more, usually hospitals in the treatment, ERCP costs will be in the 20,000, the specific cost, depending on the type of health insurance and reimbursement rate.
Transendoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) is the technique of inserting a duodenoscope into the descending portion of the duodenum to locate the duodenal papilla, inserting a contrast catheter into the opening of the papilla from within the biopsy tube, and then injecting a contrast medium followed by an x-ray to show the pancreatic and biliary ducts. Since ERCP does not require incision, is less traumatic, has a shorter operation time, fewer complications than surgical procedures, and a much shorter hospitalization time, it is very popular among patients. In just a few decades ERCP has made great clinical achievements and has become an important treatment for pancreatic and biliary diseases today. Currently the cost of surgery plus hospitalization is about 10,000 dollars, with a certain difference between different levels of hospitals.