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Endoscopic Stricture Dilation Through A Stoma

Louisiana 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?

$1,498

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,498 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $427 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,072 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$251 to $741
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,072$708 to $2,239

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,072 · 10th to 90th $525 to $3,311Professionalmedian $427 · 10th to 90th $191 to $851
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,072professional $427

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
$398.11
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$3,467.37
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$794.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$389.05
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$158.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$588.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$117.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$79.43
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$3,388.44
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$851.14
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,513.56
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$870.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$3,162.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$954.99

Where Louisiana 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

Louisiana· 35th of 51

$1,498

$427 physician + $1,072 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.