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Endoscopic Stricture Dilation Through A Stoma

Arizona 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?

$1,537

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,537 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $537 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,000 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$537$195 to $724
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,000$617 to $2,042

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,000 · 10th to 90th $468 to $4,467Professionalmedian $537 · 10th to 90th $170 to $2,089
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,000professional $537

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
$851.14
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$5,623.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$489.78
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$2,570.40
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$831.76
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$3,311.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$616.60
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$3,388.44
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$4,073.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$4,897.79
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$691.83
6 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
$83.18
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$245.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$100.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$371.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$74.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$48.98
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
33 · Preventive service
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$147.91

Where Arizona 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

Arizona· 34th of 51

$1,537

$537 physician + $1,000 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.