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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 July 2026.

How much does Endoscopic Stricture Dilation Through A Stoma cost?

$1,940

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,940 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $427 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,514 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$427$209 to $617
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,514$1,000 to $1,862

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,514 · 10th to 90th $617 to $2,455Professionalmedian $427 · 10th to 90th $178 to $1,047
$100.0$200.0$500.0$1.0K$2.0K$5.0Kfacility $1,514professional $427

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
$562.34
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$2,398.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$1,047.13
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$138.04
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$2,137.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$1,148.15
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$3,162.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$870.96

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 8.1 times more in Indiana than in West Virginia. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Physician feeFacility feeAlabama $1,940 · 28th of 50
IN $6,602WV $812

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.