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Stent Placement In The Colon Via A Stoma

North Carolina rates for HCPCS 44402

This is an endoscopic procedure performed through an existing surgical opening in the abdominal wall to place a stent within the colon, helping keep a narrowed or blocked section open. It is used when access through the existing opening allows the area to be reached and treated. Patients who already have this surgical opening from a prior procedure can have this part of their colon treated through that opening.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Stent Placement In The Colon Via A Stoma cost?

$457

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $457 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $457 from a physician practice, and about $389 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$457$316 to $646
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$389$269 to $1,023

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $389 · 10th to 90th $257 to $5,248Professionalmedian $457 · 10th to 90th $257 to $759
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $389professional $457

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
$257.04
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$8,709.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$524.81
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$776.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$4,897.79
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$676.08
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$512.86
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$660.69
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$6,309.57
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$512.86
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$26,915.35
Typical High
$26,915.35
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$2,137.96

Where North Carolina sits

The same service costs 3.5 times more in California 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.

North Carolina· 6th of 51

$457

CA $912WV $257

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.