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Endoscopic Stricture Dilation Through A Stoma

Colorado 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?

$4,327

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,327 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $525 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,802 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$525$251 to $813
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,802$1,445 to $5,754

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,802 · 10th to 90th $813 to $8,318Professionalmedian $525 · 10th to 90th $209 to $1,096
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,802professional $525

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
$954.99
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$8,709.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$602.56
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$8,912.51
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,122.02
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$3,311.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$954.99
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$1,071.52
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$1,096.48
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,348.96
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$645.65
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$5,011.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$1,000.00
5 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
$138.04
Typical High
$281.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$112.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$416.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$83.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$56.23

Where Colorado 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

Colorado· 1st of 51

$4,327

$525 physician + $3,802 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.