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Endoscopic Stricture Dilation Through A Stoma

Alabama 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?

$1,839

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,839 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $427 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,413 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$427$355 to $955
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,413$955 to $1,413

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,413 · 10th to 90th $575 to $1,905Professionalmedian $427 · 10th to 90th $178 to $1,047
$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $1,413professional $427

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
$562.34
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$2,398.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$1,047.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$524.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$208.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$794.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$158.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$104.71
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,412.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$933.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$1,174.90
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$3,162.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$776.25

Where Alabama 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

Alabama· 19th of 51

$1,839

$427 physician + $1,413 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.