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Endoscopic Stricture Dilation Through A Stoma

Alaska rates for HCPCS 44405

This procedure uses a flexible scope inserted through an existing surgical opening in the abdomen to reach a narrowed segment of large intestine and widen it using a balloon, relieving a blockage caused by the narrowing. It treats the stricture without requiring a new open surgical incision.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Endoscopic Stricture Dilation Through A Stoma cost?

$2,589

Typical total for the visit. In Alaska, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,589 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $891 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,698 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

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.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$891$525 to $2,239
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,698$1,380 to $3,890

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,698 · 10th to 90th $977 to $5,888Professionalmedian $891 · 10th to 90th $257 to $2,754
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $1,698professional $891

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$14,125.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$2,754.23
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$5,128.61
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,698.24
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$3,890.45
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$2,754.23
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,041.74
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$2,238.72
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$5,128.61
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,548.82
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$1,548.82
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
$91.20
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$1,380.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$549.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$2,041.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$407.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$275.42
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$1,380.38
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$549.54
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$2,041.74
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$407.38
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$275.42

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 4.8 times more in Colorado than in Maryland. 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.

Physician feeFacility fee

Alaska· 8th of 51

$2,589

$891 physician + $1,698 facility

CO $4,327MD $911

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.