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Endoscopic Stricture Dilation Through A Stoma

Kentucky 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?

$1,956

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,956 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $372 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,585 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$372$229 to $562
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,585$631 to $3,311

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,585 · 10th to 90th $269 to $4,365Professionalmedian $372 · 10th to 90th $170 to $692
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,585professional $372

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
$173.78
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$851.14
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$630.96
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$4,570.88
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$588.84
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$1,412.54
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$269.15
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$831.76
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$2,951.21
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$120.23
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$2,754.23
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$933.25
10 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$316.23
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$125.89
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$467.74
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$93.33
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$63.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$316.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$125.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$467.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$93.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$63.10

Where Kentucky 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

Kentucky· 16th of 51

$1,956

$372 physician + $1,585 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.