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Stent Placement In The Colon Via A Stoma

Texas 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 October 2026.

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

$263

Typical negotiated rate. In Texas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $263 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $257 from a physician practice, and about $3,548 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 11 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$257$204 to $316
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,548$1,585 to $6,761

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,548 · 10th to 90th $646 to $10,000Professionalmedian $257 · 10th to 90th $43 to $1,862
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $3,548professional $257

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
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$6,918.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$380.19
BCBS Texas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,265.80
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$16,595.87
BCBS Texas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$407.38
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,888.44
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$5,888.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$7,762.47
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$407.38
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$1,949.84
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$5,623.41
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$323.59
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$288.40
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$831.76
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$7,943.28
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$407.38
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$3,890.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$398.11
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$229.09
10 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
$125.89
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$158.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$63.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$239.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$46.77
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$31.62
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$144.54
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$57.54
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$213.80
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$42.66
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$28.84

Where Texas sits

The same service costs 4.3 times more in Alaska 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.

Texas· 47th of 51

$263

AK $1,047FL $245

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.