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Stent Placement In The Colon Via A Stoma

South 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?

$309

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $309 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $295 from a physician practice, and about $3,802 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$295$257 to $355
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,802$372 to $7,943

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,802 · 10th to 90th $295 to $10,965Professionalmedian $295 · 10th to 90th $240 to $501
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $3,802professional $295

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
$309.03
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$22,908.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$436.52
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$10,715.19
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$501.19
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$3,467.37
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$630.96
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$549.54
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$12,302.69
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$524.81

Where South 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.

South Carolina· 34th of 51

$309

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.