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Endoscopic Stricture Dilation Through A Stoma

Iowa 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?

$2,255

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,255 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $741 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$741$380 to $1,349
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,514$1,000 to $3,090

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,514 · 10th to 90th $513 to $5,012Professionalmedian $741 · 10th to 90th $282 to $1,738
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,514professional $741

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
$602.56
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$6,760.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$891.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,548.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$1,548.82
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,479.11
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$4,677.35
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$4,073.80
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,548.82
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,548.82
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,548.82
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$1,258.93
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$5,495.41
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,318.26
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$1,513.56
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
$93.33
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$446.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$177.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$676.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$134.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$89.13

Where Iowa 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

Iowa· 12th of 51

$2,255

$741 physician + $1,514 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.